“Every man desires to live long, but no man wishes to be old”
― Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels
This is one of my favorite quotes from Gulliver's Travels that stood out to me as I read. I think this is a completely true statement, saying that everyone wants a good and long life, but nobody wants to get old. I would love to stay young forever if it were an option. If only everyone could live forever in the physical form that they wish. I could relate this quote to many pieces of literature I have read recently including Journey to the West and even Tithonus in which they involve a character who wishes for immortality. This quote from the story just reminds me of these works by other authors that I have read.
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