To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people read more

To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.

Either this man is dead
or my watch has stopped.

Either this man is dead
or my watch has stopped.

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.

A dead atheist is someone who is all dressed up with no place to go.

A dead atheist is someone who is all dressed up with no place to go.

The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity.

The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity.

Time rushes towards us with its hospital tray of infinitely varied narcotics, even while it is preparing us for its read more

Time rushes towards us with its hospital tray of infinitely varied narcotics, even while it is preparing us for its inevitably fatal operation.

Those who focused on
the shock of shards
as the phoenix bird
burst from his shell
nearly missed the sight
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Those who focused on
the shock of shards
as the phoenix bird
burst from his shell
nearly missed the sight
of his wondrous maiden flight
as he soared up and away
and out of sight.

Nothing that is really good and God-like dies.

Nothing that is really good and God-like dies.

A dying man needs to die, as a sleepy man needs to sleep, and there comes a time when it read more

A dying man needs to die, as a sleepy man needs to sleep, and there comes a time when it is wrong, as well as useless, to resist.