"We should weep for men at their birth, not at their death."

Charles de Montesquieu, French Philosopher

Death, Men

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"Regard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys; look on them as your own beloved sons, and they will stand by you even unto death."

Sun Tzu, Chinese Philosopher

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"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."

Buddha, Indian Leader

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"Death is with you all the time; you get deeper in it as you move towards it, but it's not unfamiliar to you. It's always been there, so what becomes unfamiliar to you when you pass away from the moment is really life."

bell hooks, American Critic

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"Do any men grow up or do they only come of age?"

Stephen King, American Author

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"Death is a fearful thing."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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"She cannot possibly be dead, people do not just die."

John Green, American Author

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"Oh eyes, no eyes, but fountains fraught with tears; O life, no life, but lively form of death; Oh world, no world, but mass of public wrongs."

Thomas Kyd, English Dramatist

Death, Life, Eyes, Public

"When a person dies he only appears to die. He is still very much alive in the past, so it is very silly for people to cry at his funeral. All moment, past, present, future, always have existed, always will exist."

Kurt Vonnegut, American Author

Death, Life, Truth, Time

"Do not forever with thy vailed lidsSeek for thy noble father in the dust.Thou know'st 'tis common; all that lives must die,Passing though nature to eternity."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Death, Truth, Life, Wisdom

"I leaned against the desk, ran my hand over my father's paperwork, and picked up a pen. Turning around, I shoved it into my father's hand. 'What's this?' he asked, raising a brow. 'You'll need it to sign my death certificate, ' I said, pain vibrating my veins against my muscles and bones. 'Are we done now? (Eric)"

Shannon A. Thompson, American Author

Death, Emotion, Despair, Loss, Pain

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"Regard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys; look on them as your own beloved sons, and they will stand by you even unto death."

"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 is with you all the time; you get deeper in it as you move towards it, but it's not unfamiliar to you. It's always been there, so what becomes unfamiliar to you when you pass away from the moment is really life."

"Do any men grow up or do they only come of age?"

"Death is a fearful thing."

"She cannot possibly be dead, people do not just die."

"Oh eyes, no eyes, but fountains fraught with tears; O life, no life, but lively form of death; Oh world, no world, but mass of public wrongs."

"When a person dies he only appears to die. He is still very much alive in the past, so it is very silly for people to cry at his funeral. All moment, past, present, future, always have existed, always will exist."

"Do not forever with thy vailed lidsSeek for thy noble father in the dust.Thou know'st 'tis common; all that lives must die,Passing though nature to eternity."

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"Useless laws weaken the necessary laws."

"There is no one, says another, whom fortune does not visit once in his life; but when she does not find him ready to receive her, she walks in at the door, and flies out at the window."

"False happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness renders them kind and sensible, and that happiness is always shared."

"There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice."

"In the infancy of societies, the chiefs of state shape its institutions; later the institutions shape the chiefs of state."

"An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists on boring future generations."

"The spirit of moderation should also be the spirit of the lawgiver."

"The severity of the laws prevents their execution."

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"Lunch kills half of Paris, supper the other half."