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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How long after you are gone will ripples remain as evidence that you were cast into the pool of life?.
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I regret that I have but one life to give for my country.
I regret that I have but one life to give for my country.
Death always waits. The door of the hearse is never closed.
Death always waits. The door of the hearse is never closed.
Fear not death, for it is your destiny.
Fear not death, for it is your destiny.
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Some say the world will end in fire, some say ice. From what I've tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire. But if it had to perish twice, I think I know enough of hate To say that for destruction ice Is also great And would suffice.
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Nothing you can lose by dying is half as precious as the readiness to die, which is man's charter of nobility.
A man's dying is more the survivors' affair than his own.
A man's dying is more the survivors' affair than his own.
Death-the last voyage, the longest and the best.
Death-the last voyage, the longest and the best.
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.
