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It is impossible that anything so natural, so necessary, and so universal as death, should ever have been designed by pr
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"It is impossible that anything 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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This quote by Jonathan Swift speaks with the concept that death is a natural part of life and must not be seen as an evil. He recommends that death is needed and universal, meaning that it is something that affects everyone and is inescapable. Swift implies that death belongs to a bigger strategy, which it was created by providence, or a greater power, as a part of life. He recommends that death should not be seen as an evil, however rather as a natural part of life. This quote talks to the idea that death belongs of the cycle of life, which it must be accepted as such. It is a pointer that death is a part of life, which it needs to not be feared or seen as an evil.

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Jonathan Swift This quote is written / told by Jonathan Swift between November 30, 1667 and October 19, 1745. He was a famous Writer from Ireland. The author also have 61 other quotes.

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