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 It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant, 
perhaps, the one is read more 
 It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant, 
perhaps, the one is as painful as the other. 
If there were dreams to sell, what would you buy?
If there were dreams to sell, what would you buy?
My situation is a solemn one. Life is offered to me on condition of eating beefsteaks. But death is better read more
My situation is a solemn one. Life is offered to me on condition of eating beefsteaks. But death is better than cannibalism. My will contains directions for my funeral, which will be followed not by mourning coaches, but by oxen, sheep, flocks of poultry, and a small traveling aquarium of live fish, all wearing white scarf's in honor of the man who perished rather than eat his fellow creatures.
 The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in 
darkness; and I myself perceived also read more 
 The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in 
darkness; and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to 
them all. 
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.
 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. 
A man does not die of love or his liver or even of old age; he dies of being a read more
A man does not die of love or his liver or even of old age; he dies of being a man.
I don\'t believe in death, neither in flesh nor in spirit.
I don\'t believe in death, neither in flesh nor in spirit.
 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?