Themes · 1738
May you live all the days of your life.
— Jonathan Swift ‧ The Colonel, in Polite Conversation, dialogue 2
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
This toast-like wish distinguishes being alive from truly living. Asking someone to live all their days encourages full engagement with the time they have, rather than merely letting it pass. Its apparent repetition gives a familiar blessing a more thoughtful meaning about the quality of life.
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