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“At its most basic root the death or disintegration of one's parents is a harsh reminder of one's own mortality.”
“I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve immortality through not dying.”
“Mausoleum n: the final and funniest folly of the rich.”
“No 'tis not so deep as a well nor so wide as a church door but 'tis enough 'twill serve: ask for me tomorrow and you shall find me a grave man. I am peppered I warrant for this world.”
“Epitaph n: an inscription on a tomb showing that virtues acquired by death have a retroactive effect.”
“Human life consists in mutual service. No grief pain misfortune or 'broken heart' is excuse for cutting off one's life while any power of service remains. But when all usefulness is over when one i...”
“Poisons pain you Rivers are damp Acid stains you And drugs cause cramp. Guns aren't lawful Nooses give Gas smells awful You might as well live.”
“And I looked and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death.”
“There may be little or much beyond the grave But the strong are saying nothing until they see.”
“All human things are subject to decay And when fate summons monarchs must obey.”
“You can lose a man like that by your own death but not by his.”
“When a man dies he does not just die of the disease he has: he dies of his whole life.”
“Most people would die sooner than think in fact they do.”
“Nothing you can lose by dying is half so precious as the readiness to die which is man's charter of nobility.”
“Death be not proud though some have called Thee Mighty and dreadful for thou art not so.”
“You have to learn to do everything even to die.”
“Oh death you can wait keep your distance.”
“Body and mind like man and wife do not always agree to die together.”
“You don't die in the United States you underachieve.”
“Death is terrible to Cicero desirable to Cato and indifferent to Socrates.”
