Quote#Death
It is impossible that any thing so natural, so necessary, and so…
Quote byJonathan Swift · 1667–1745
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Thoughts on Religion (1765), published posthumously.
English (original)
It is impossible that any thing so natural, so necessary, and so universal as death, should ever have been designed by Providence as an evil to mankind.
— Jonathan Swift
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