One might say, for example, that a patient has a kind of St Vitus's dance; a kind of dropsy; a kind of nerve fever; a kind of ague. One would never say, however (to end once and for all the confusion of these names) "He has St. Vitus's dance," "He has nerve fever," "He has dropsy," "He has ague," since there simply are not any fixed, unchanging diseases to be known by such names.
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I do not know beneath what sky nor on what seas shall be thy fate; I only know it shall read more
I do not know beneath what sky nor on what seas shall be thy fate; I only know it shall be high, I only know it shall be great.
I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is read more
I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.
The Fear of Death often proves Mortal, and sets People on Methods to save their Lives, which infallibly destroy them.
The Fear of Death often proves Mortal, and sets People on Methods to save their Lives, which infallibly destroy them.
A single death is a tragedy,
a million deaths is a statistic.
A single death is a tragedy,
a million deaths is a statistic.
It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.
It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.
Do not seek death.
Death will find you.
But seek the road which
makes death a fulfillment.
Do not seek death.
Death will find you.
But seek the road which
makes death a fulfillment.
Suicide would be my way of telling God that I quit.
Suicide would be my way of telling God that I quit.
Where life is more terrible than death, it is then the truest valor to dare to live.
Where life is more terrible than death, it is then the truest valor to dare to live.
Death came with friendly care;
The opening bud to heaven conveyed,
And bade it blossom there.
Death came with friendly care;
The opening bud to heaven conveyed,
And bade it blossom there.
