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Thomas Hobbes

"I put for the general inclination of all mankind, a perpetual and restless desire of power after power, that ceaseth only in death."

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"I put for the general inclination of all mankind, a perpetual and restless desire of power after power, that ceaseth only in death."

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"Death is softer by far than tyranny."

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"Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war, on whose stage of death and pain only remain standing the negotiating table that could and should have prevented it."

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"What he has done for women is final: he gave to their service the best powers of his mind and the best years of his life. His death consecrates the gift: it can never lessen its value."

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"Death is the sound of distant thunder at a picnic."

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"I've told my children that when I die, to release balloons in the sky to celebrate that I graduated. For me, death is a graduation."

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"A few cold words on yonder stone, A corpse as cold as they can be - Vain words, and mouldering dust, alone - Can this be all that's left of thee? O, no! thy spirit lingers still Where'er thy sunny smile was seen: There's less of darkness, less of chill On earth, than if thou hadst not been.Thou breathest in my bosom yet, And dwellest in my beating heart; And, while I cannot quite forget, Thou, darling, canst not quite depart."

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"Fear of death increases in exact proportion to increase in wealth."

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"Death comes for us all. Even for kings he comes."

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"When death speaks to me, it speaks only of the beauty of life."

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"Death has a tendency to encourage a depressing view of war."

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