"Mausoleum n: the final and funniest folly of the rich."

Death, Wealth, Irony, Humor

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"Edible - good to eat and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm."

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"Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others."

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"Eloquence, n. The art of orally persuading fools that white is the color that it appears to be. It includes the gift of making any color appear white."

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"Abscond - to move in a mysterious way, commonly with the property of another."

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"The small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify we give the name of knowledge."

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"A man is known by the company he organizes."

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"The slightest acquaintance with history shows that powerful republics are the most warlike and unscrupulous of nations."

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"Photograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art."

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"Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly."

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"A belief in hell and the knowledge that every ambition is doomed to frustration at the hands of a skeleton have never prevented the majority of human beings from behaving as though death were no more than an unfounded rumor."

Aldous Huxley, English Novelist

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"You are whatever you shall leave behind when you leave life!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

Death, Legacy, Truth, Future, Inspirational

"If I die prematurely I shall be saved from being bored to death at my own success."

Samuel Butler, British Poet

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"It's a harrowing experience to see death approaching in haste towards you, what is hell but confronting your own mortality."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

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"It's harder to pick and choose when you're dead. It's like a photograph, you know. It doesn't matter as much."

Neil Gaiman, British Author

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"Fair... You'd be amazed how often I hear that word, Frank Zhang,and how meaningless it is. Is it fair your life will burn so short and bright? Was it fair when I guided your mother to the Underworld? No, not fair. And yet it was her time. There is no fairness in Death. If you free me, I will do my duty."

Rick Riordan, American Novelist

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"The history of the world is the record of the weakness, frailty and death of public opinion."

Samuel Butler, British Poet

Death, History, Opinion, Public

"The "kingdom of Heaven" is a condition of the heart - not something that comes "upon the earth" or "after death.""

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

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"Achieving life is not the equivalent of avoiding death."

Ayn Rand, Russian Writer

Death, Life

"Better to rest in peace than rot in pieces."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Death, Peace, Life, Rest