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God is becoming bitter, he envies man his mortality.
God is becoming bitter, he envies man his mortality.
I look upon life as a gift from God. I did nothing to earn it. Now that the time is read more
I look upon life as a gift from God. I did nothing to earn it. Now that the time is coming to give it back, I have no right to complain.
The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.
The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.
All say, "How hard it is that we have to die"--a strange complaint to come from the mouths of people read more
All say, "How hard it is that we have to die"--a strange complaint to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
If we don't know life, how can we know death?
If we don't know life, how can we know death?
For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity.
For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity.
To die proudly when it is no longer possible to live proudly. Death of one's own free choice, death at read more
To die proudly when it is no longer possible to live proudly. Death of one's own free choice, death at the proper time, with a clear head and with joyfulness, consummated in the midst of children and witnesses: so that an actual leave-taking is possible while he who is leaving is still there.
Death is a very dull, dreary affair, and my advice to you is to have nothing whatever to do with read more
Death is a very dull, dreary affair, and my advice to you is to have nothing whatever to do with it.
To die will be an awfully big adventure.
To die will be an awfully big adventure.