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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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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.

by Joyce Cary Found in: Death Quotes,
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If death meant just leaving the stage long enough to change costume and come back as a new character...Would you read more

If death meant just leaving the stage long enough to change costume and come back as a new character...Would you slow down? Or speed up?

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Nothing in his life became him like the leaving it.

Nothing in his life became him like the leaving it.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Death Quotes,
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Your lost friends are not dead, but gone before,
Advanced a stage or two upon that road
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Your lost friends are not dead, but gone before,
Advanced a stage or two upon that road
Which you must travel in the steps they trod.

by Aristophanes Found in: Death Quotes,
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I know not what others may choose but, as for me, give me liberty or give me death.

I know not what others may choose but, as for me, give me liberty or give me death.

by Patrick Henry Found in: Death Quotes,
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Madame, all stories, if continued far enough, end in death, and he is no true-story teller who would keep that read more

Madame, all stories, if continued far enough, end in death, and he is no true-story teller who would keep that from you.

by Ernest Hemingway Found in: Death Quotes,
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The idea is to die young as late as possible.

The idea is to die young as late as possible.

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Death is a fearful thing.

Death is a fearful thing.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Death Quotes,
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Call no man happy till he is dead.

Call no man happy till he is dead.

by Aeschylus Found in: Death Quotes,
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