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Death is the broom I take in my hands to sweep the world clean.
Death is the broom I take in my hands to sweep the world clean.
Man must vanquish himself, must do himself violence, in order to perform the slightest action untainted by evil.
Man must vanquish himself, must do himself violence, in order to perform the slightest action untainted by evil.
Achieving life is not the equivalent of avoiding death.
Achieving life is not the equivalent of avoiding death.
Sleep... Oh! how I loathe those little slices of death...
Sleep... Oh! how I loathe those little slices of death...
'Tis very certain the desire of life prolongs it.
'Tis very certain the desire of life prolongs it.
Poverty is the worst form of death.
Poverty is the worst form of death.
Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.
Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.
To be in a world which is a hell, to be of that world and neither to believe in or read more
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.
Love of country is like love of woman--he loves her best who seeks to bestow on her the highest good.
Love of country is like love of woman--he loves her best who seeks to bestow on her the highest good.
