May you live as long as you are fit to live, but no longer, or, may yo…

Lord Chesterfield
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May you live as long as you are fit to live, but no longer, or, may you rather die before you cease to be fit to live than after! ✨ Lord Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield (1855). The Works of Lord Chesterfield: Including His Letters to His Son, Etc : to which is Prefixed, an Original Life of the Author, p.313
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