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Tears are sometimes an inappropriate response to death. When a life has been lived completely honestly, completely successfully, or just read more
Tears are sometimes an inappropriate response to death. When a life has been lived completely honestly, completely successfully, or just completely, the correct response to death's perfect punctuation mark is a smile.
The worst of all diseases is a nervous ability.
The worst of all diseases is a nervous ability.
The gods conceal from men the happiness of death, that they may endure life.
The gods conceal from men the happiness of death, that they may endure life.
When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced.
Live you life in a manner so that when you read more
When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced.
Live you life in a manner so that when you die the world cries and you rejoice.
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.
Death always waits. The door of the hearse is never closed.
Death always waits. The door of the hearse is never closed.
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 who dies with the most toys is, nonetheless, still dead.
He who dies with the most toys is, nonetheless, still dead.
All say, "How hard it is that we have to die" - a strange complaint to come from the mouths read more
All say, "How hard it is that we have to die" - a strange complaint to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
