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If one was to think constantly of death, the business of life would stand still
Death is the ultimate boundary of human matters
Believe that each day is the last to shine upon thee
If we don't know life, how can we know death?
After your death you will be what you were before your birth
Death is a commingling of eternity with time; in the death of a good man, eternity is seen looking through time
If some persons died, and others did not die, death would be a terrible affliction
Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye
Men fear Death, as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales, so is the other
The ceaseless labour of your life is to build the house of death
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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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