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Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily
A few feet under the ground reigns so profound a silence, and yet so much tumult on the surface!
Death, so called, is a thing which makes men weep, and yet a third of life is passed in sleep
As men, we are all equal in the presence of death
Many people die at twenty five and aren't buried until they are seventy five
I look upon death to be as necessary to our constitution as sleep. We shall rise refreshed in the morning
If you do not dare to die you will never win life
That which is so universal as death must be a benefit
Death is a mighty mediator. There all the flames of rage are extinguished, hatred is appeased, and angelic pity, like a weeping sister, bends with gentle and close embrace over the funeral urn
The fear of death often proves mortal, and sets people on methods to save their Lives, which infallibly destroy them
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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