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What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal.
What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal.
'Tis immortality to die aspiring,
As if a man were taken quick to heaven.
'Tis immortality to die aspiring,
As if a man were taken quick to heaven.
I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to
achieve immortality through not dying.
I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to
achieve immortality through not dying.
Man is the only animal that contemplates death, and also the only animal that shows any sign of doubt of read more
Man is the only animal that contemplates death, and also the only animal that shows any sign of doubt of its finality.
Cheese -- milk's leap forward to immortality.
Cheese -- milk's leap forward to immortality.
No, no, I'm sure,
My restless spirit never could endure
To brood so long upon one luxury,
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No, no, I'm sure,
My restless spirit never could endure
To brood so long upon one luxury,
Unless it did, though fearfully, espy
A hope beyond the shadow of a dream.
No one could ever meet death for his country without the hope of
immortality.
[Lat., Nemo unquam sine read more
No one could ever meet death for his country without the hope of
immortality.
[Lat., Nemo unquam sine magna spe immortalitatatis se pro patria
offerret ad mortem.]
Poets have said that the reason to have children is to give yourself immortality. Immortality? Now that I have five read more
Poets have said that the reason to have children is to give yourself immortality. Immortality? Now that I have five children, my only hope is that they are all out of the house before I die.
Our hope of immortality does not come from any religions, but nearly all religions come from that hope
Our hope of immortality does not come from any religions, but nearly all religions come from that hope
