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    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.

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Most people would rather die than think: many do.

Most people would rather die than think: many do.

by Bertrand Russell Found in: Death Quotes,
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The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at read more

The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.

by Mark Twain Found in: Death Quotes,
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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.

by W. Somerset Maugham Found in: Death Quotes,
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But whether on the scaffold high,
Or in the battle's van,
The fittest place where man can read more

But whether on the scaffold high,
Or in the battle's van,
The fittest place where man can die
Is where he dies for man.

by Michael Joseph Barry Found in: Death Quotes,
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There are so many little dyings that it doesn't matter which of them is death.

There are so many little dyings that it doesn't matter which of them is death.

by Kenneth Patchen Found in: Death Quotes,
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The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.

The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.

by Mark Twain Found in: Death Quotes,
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We must all die!
All leave ourselves, it matters not where, when,
Nor how, so we die read more

We must all die!
All leave ourselves, it matters not where, when,
Nor how, so we die well; and can that man that does so
Need lamentation for him?

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All say, 'How hard it is that we have to die' - a strange complaint to come from the mouths 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.

by Mark Twain Found in: Death Quotes,
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Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's
troublesome.

Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's
troublesome.

by Matthew Arnold Found in: Death Quotes, Life Quotes,
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