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'd rather die while I'm living then live while I'm dead.
There is but one freedom, to put oneself right with death. After that everything is possible. I cannot force you read more
There is but one freedom, to put oneself right with death. After that everything is possible. I cannot force you to believe in God. Believing in God amounts to coming to terms with death. When you have accepted death, the problem of God will be solved--and not the reverse.
Death cometh soon or late;
And how can man die better
Than facing fearful odds
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Death cometh soon or late;
And how can man die better
Than facing fearful odds
For the ashes of his fathers
And the temples of his gods?.
The pride of dying rich raises the loudest laugh in hell.
The pride of dying rich raises the loudest laugh in hell.
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When I die I want to decompose in a barrel of porter and have it served in all the pubs in Dublin.
There are worse things in life than death. Have you ever spent an evening with an insurance salesman?.
There are worse things in life than death. Have you ever spent an evening with an insurance salesman?.
If there is a God, man's immortality is certain. If not, Immortality would not be worth having.
If there is a God, man's immortality is certain. If not, Immortality would not be worth having.
Love isn't who you can see yourself with, it's who you can't see yourself without.
Love isn't who you can see yourself with, it's who you can't see yourself without.
Either this man is dead
or my watch has stopped.
Either this man is dead
or my watch has stopped.
