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Knowledge by suffering entereth, And life is perfected by death.
Knowledge by suffering entereth, And life is perfected by death.
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.
I am become death, shatterer of worlds.
I am become death, shatterer of worlds.
To you who have never died, may I say: Welcome to the world!.
To you who have never died, may I say: Welcome to the world!.
A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to read more
A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a joke or worried to death by a frown on the right person's brow.
It is a far, far better thing that I do, than anything I have ever done; it is a far, read more
It is a far, far better thing that I do, than anything I have ever done; it is a far, far, better rest that I go to, than I have ever known.
Everybody dies. Not everybody ever really lives.
Everybody dies. Not everybody ever really lives.
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.
He is one of those people who would be enormously improved by death.
He is one of those people who would be enormously improved by death.