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It is not death, but dying, which is terrible.
It is not death, but dying, which is terrible.
It isn't necessary to imagine the world ending in fire or ice; there are two other possibilities: one is paperwork, read more
It isn't necessary to imagine the world ending in fire or ice; there are two other possibilities: one is paperwork, and the other is nostalgia.
Plan for this world as if you expect to live forever; but plan for the hereafter as if you expect read more
Plan for this world as if you expect to live forever; but plan for the hereafter as if you expect to die tomorrow.
Death is as sure for that which is born, as birth is for that which is dead. Therefore grieve not read more
Death is as sure for that which is born, as birth is for that which is dead. Therefore grieve not for what is inevitable.
There is but one philosophy and its name is fortitude! To bear is to conquer our fate.
There is but one philosophy and its name is fortitude! To bear is to conquer our fate.
To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people read more
To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.
Death is a low chemical trick played on everybody except sequoia trees.
Death is a low chemical trick played on everybody except sequoia trees.
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.
In this world, man is a target of death, an easy prey to calamities, here every morsel and every draught read more
In this world, man is a target of death, an easy prey to calamities, here every morsel and every draught is liable to choke one, here one never receives a favour until he loses another instead, here every additional day in one's life is a day reduced from the total span of his existence, when death is the natural outcome of life, how can we expect immortality?