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If you wish to drown, do not torture yourself with shallow water.
If you wish to drown, do not torture yourself with shallow water.
Death is the only inescapable, unavoidable, sure thing. We are sentenced to die the day we're born.
Death is the only inescapable, unavoidable, sure thing. We are sentenced to die the day we're born.
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.
It's not that life is so short, it's just that you're dead for so long.
It's not that life is so short, it's just that you're dead for so long.
As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death.
As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death.
Unto God, the Lord belong the issues of death.
(68:20).
Unto God, the Lord belong the issues of death.
(68:20).
The idea is to die young as late as possible.
The idea is to die young as late as possible.
One death is a tragedy. A million deaths is a statistic.
One death is a tragedy. A million deaths is a statistic.
I'd rather die while I'm living then live while I'm dead.
I'd rather die while I'm living then live while I'm dead.
