1727

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Every man desires to live long; but no man would be old.

Jonathan Swift

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Topic

Long life Old age Aging

Author

Jonathan Swift

Source

Thoughts on Various Subjects, Moral and Diverting

Medium

Essay

Genre

Satire

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1727 1720s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Swift, Jonathan. "Thoughts on Various Subjects." Miscellanies in Prose and Verse. 2nd ed, Vol. 1, London: Sam Fairbrother, 1727.

Current Citation

Swift, Jonathan. "Thoughts on Various Subjects (1711)." Jonathan Swift: The Essential Writings, edited by Claude Rawson and Ian Higgins. W. W. Norton & Company, 2009.

Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.

Alexander Pope

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Topic

Low expectations Expectations Disappointment

Author

Alexander Pope

Source

Letters of Alexander Pope

Medium

Letter

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1727 1720s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Pope, Alexander. Letter to John Gay. 6 Oct. 1727.

Current Citation

Pope, Alexander. "To Gay, Twickenham, Oct. 16, 1727." Alexander Pope: Selected Letters, edited by Howard Erksine-Hill. Oxford University Press, 2000, no. 16.

He who tells a lie, is not sensible how great a task he undertakes; for he must be forced to invent twenty more to maintain that one.

Alexander Pope

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Topic

Consequences of lying Lying Lies Liars

Author

Alexander Pope

Source

Thoughts on Various Subjects

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1727 1720s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Pope, Alexander. "Thoughts on Various Subjects." Swifts's Miscellanies. London, 1727, no. 31.

A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

Alexander Pope

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Topic

Learning from mistakes Personal growth

Author

Alexander Pope

Source

Thoughts on Various Subjects

Language

English

Time

1727 1720s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Pope, Alexander. "Thoughts on Various Subjects." Swifts's Miscellanies. London, 1727, no. 11.

Old men and comets have been reverenced for the same reason: their long beards, and pretences to foretell events.

Jonathan Swift

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Topic

Comets Space

Author

Jonathan Swift

Source

Thoughts on Various Subjects, Moral and Diverting

Medium

Essay

Genre

Satire

Language

English

Time

1727 1720s 18th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Swift, Jonathan. "Thoughts on Various Subjects." Miscellanies. London: John Morphew, 1727.

Current Citation

Swift, Jonathan. "Thoughts on Various Subjects (1711)." Jonathan Swift: The Essential Writings, edited by Claude Rawson and Ian Higgins. W. W. Norton & Company, 2009.