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Edith Wharton1 quote
In spite of illness, in spite even of the archenemy sorrow, one can remain alive long past the usual date of disintegration if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity, interested in big things, and happy in small ways. — Edith Wharton · 1934Jonathan Swift1 quote
Every man desires to live long; but no man would be old. — Jonathan Swift · 1727William Shakespeare1 quote
Frame your mind to mirth and merriment,
Which bars a thousand harms and lengthens life. — William Shakespeare · 1594