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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The dumber people think you are, the more surprised they're going to be when you kill them.
The dumber people think you are, the more surprised they're going to be when you kill them.
The cost of living is dying, everybody pays.
The cost of living is dying, everybody pays.
We all have to die some day, if we live long enough.
We all have to die some day, if we live long enough.
Seeing death as the end of life is like seeing the horizon as the end of the ocean.
Seeing death as the end of life is like seeing the horizon as the end of the ocean.
I do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke of death.
I do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke of death.
Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but a hell.
Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but a hell.
They that know no evil will suspect none.
They that know no evil will suspect none.
The worst of all diseases is a nervous ability.
The worst of all diseases is a nervous ability.
Death is near and our mutual company is short.
Death is near and our mutual company is short.
