The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.
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When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.
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Well, there's a remedy for all things but death, which will be sure to lay us flat one time or other.
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I have wrestled with death. It is the most unexciting contest you can imagine. It takes place in an impalpable grayness, with nothing underfoot, with nothing around, without spectators, without clamor, without glory, without the great desire of victory, without the great fear of defeat.
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It's not that life is so short, it's just that you're dead for so long.
Those that are evil have not only the good against them, but also the bad.
Those that are evil have not only the good against them, but also the bad.
You cannot live without lawyers, and certainly you cannot die without them.
You cannot live without lawyers, and certainly you cannot die without them.
I postpone death by living, by suffering, by error, by risking, by living, by losing.
I postpone death by living, by suffering, by error, by risking, by living, by losing.
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Films and gramophone records, music, books and buildings show clearly how vigorously a man's life and work go on after his "death," whether we feel it or not, whether we are aware of the individual names or not. There is no such thing as death according to our view!
