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As the fly bangs against the window attempting freedom while the door stands open, so we bang against death ignoring read more
As the fly bangs against the window attempting freedom while the door stands open, so we bang against death ignoring heaven.
If man were immortal he could be perfectly sure of seeing the day when everything in which he had trusted read more
If man were immortal he could be perfectly sure of seeing the day when everything in which he had trusted should betray his trust, and, in short, of coming eventually to hopeless misery. He would break down, at last, as every good fortune, as every dynasty, as every civilization does. In place of this we have death.
Tell me not, in mournful numbers,
Life is but an empty dream!
For the soul is dead that slumbers,
and read more
Tell me not, in mournful numbers,
Life is but an empty dream!
For the soul is dead that slumbers,
and things are not what they seem.
Life is real! Life is earnest!
And the grave is not its goal;
Dust thou art; to dust returnest,
Was not spoken of the soul.
A dying man needs to die, as a sleepy man needs to sleep, and there comes a time when it read more
A dying man needs to die, as a sleepy man needs to sleep, and there comes a time when it is wrong, as well as useless, to resist.
For them that think death's honesty won't fall upon them naturally life sometimes must get lonely.
For them that think death's honesty won't fall upon them naturally life sometimes must get lonely.
You cannot live without lawyers, and certainly you cannot die without them.
You cannot live without lawyers, and certainly you cannot die without them.
What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains read more
What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.
The cost of living is dying, everybody pays.
The cost of living is dying, everybody pays.
It is a far, far better thing that I do, than anything I have ever done; it is a far, read more
It is a far, far better thing that I do, than anything I have ever done; it is a far, far, better rest that I go to, than I have ever known.
