To be in a world which is a hell, to be of that world and neither to believe in or guess at anything but that world is not merely hell but the only possible damnation: the act of a man damning himself. It may be -- I hope it is -- redemption to guess and perhaps perceive that the universe, the hell which we see for all its beauty, vastness, majesty, is only part of a whole which is quite unimaginable.
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The worst of all diseases is a nervous ability.
The worst of all diseases is a nervous ability.
It is good to die before one has done anything deserving death.
It is good to die before one has done anything deserving death.
Those who are prepared to die for any cause are seldom defeated.
Those who are prepared to die for any cause are seldom defeated.
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.
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.
He was a man, take him for all in all, I shall not look upon his like again.
He was a man, take him for all in all, I shall not look upon his like again.
Death-the last voyage, the longest and the best.
Death-the last voyage, the longest and the best.
From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them and that is eternity.
From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them and that is eternity.
In this world, nothing is certain but death and taxes.
In this world, nothing is certain but death and taxes.
