He is one of those people who would be enormously improved by death.

He is one of those people who would be enormously improved by death.

Those who focused on
the shock of shards
as the phoenix bird
burst from his shell
nearly missed the sight
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Those who focused on
the shock of shards
as the phoenix bird
burst from his shell
nearly missed the sight
of his wondrous maiden flight
as he soared up and away
and out of sight.

A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to read more

A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a joke or worried to death by a frown on the right person's brow.

When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling. Live your life so that when you read more

When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling. Live your life so that when you die, you're smiling and everyone around you is crying.

Fortune is like the market, where, many times, if you can stay a little, the price will fall.

Fortune is like the market, where, many times, if you can stay a little, the price will fall.

Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.

Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.

You can be a king or a street sweeper, but everybody dances with the Grim Reaper.

You can be a king or a street sweeper, but everybody dances with the Grim Reaper.

Achieving life is not the equivalent of avoiding death.

Achieving life is not the equivalent of avoiding death.

Either this man is dead
or my watch has stopped.

Either this man is dead
or my watch has stopped.