"Prudent people are very happy; 'tis an exceeding fine thing, that's certain, but I was born without it, and shall retain to my day of Death the Humour of saying what I think."

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"Prudent people are very happy; 'tis an exceeding fine thing, that's certain, but I was born without it, and shall retain to my day of Death the Humour of saying what I think."

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"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

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"This world's a city full of straying streets, and death's the market-place where each one meets."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Death, Truth, Wisdom, Life, Power

"She'll die.' 'Aye. That's a consequence of being alive."

Ursula K. Le Guin, American Writer

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"Death is the ultimate cessation of the individual Self."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

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"DON'T THINK OF IT AS DYING, said Death. JUST THINK OF IT AS LEAVING EARLY TO AVOID THE RUSH."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

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"Funerals, I had decided, are for the living."

John Green, American Author

Death, Life, Grief, Reflection, Acceptance

"The ceaseless labour of your life is to build the house of death."

Michel de Montaigne, French Philosopher

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"That's part of what I like about the book in some ways. It portrays death truthfully. You die in the middle of your life, in the middle of a sentence."

John Green, American Author

Death, Truth, Life, Reality

"No one dies in the language of the Gnani (the Self-realized one) and every one dies in the language of the agnani (non-Self-realized person). The agnani (non-Self-realized person) mourns and grieves, and the Gnani simply 'Sees'."

Dada Bhagwan, Indian Spiritual Leader

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"People don't like to talk about death because it makes them sad."

Colleen Hoover, American Celebrity

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"I hate the noise and hurry inseparable from great Estates and Titles, and look upon both as blessings that ought only to be given to fools, for 'Tis only to them that they are blessings."

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"Civility costs nothing, and buys everything."

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"Writers of novels and romance in general bring a double loss to their readers; robbing them of their time and money; representing men, manners, and things, that never have been, or are likely to be."

Time

"Solitude begets whimsies."

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"Life is too short for a long story."

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"We are no more free agents than the queen of clubs when she victoriously takes prisoner the knave of hearts."

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"While conscience is our friend, all is at peace; however once it is offended, farewell to a tranquil mind."

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"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."

"This world's a city full of straying streets, and death's the market-place where each one meets."

"She'll die.' 'Aye. That's a consequence of being alive."

"Death is the ultimate cessation of the individual Self."

"DON'T THINK OF IT AS DYING, said Death. JUST THINK OF IT AS LEAVING EARLY TO AVOID THE RUSH."

"Funerals, I had decided, are for the living."

"The ceaseless labour of your life is to build the house of death."

"That's part of what I like about the book in some ways. It portrays death truthfully. You die in the middle of your life, in the middle of a sentence."

"No one dies in the language of the Gnani (the Self-realized one) and every one dies in the language of the agnani (non-Self-realized person). The agnani (non-Self-realized person) mourns and grieves, and the Gnani simply 'Sees'."

"People don't like to talk about death because it makes them sad."

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"I prefer liberty to chains of diamonds."

"No modest man ever did or ever will make a fortune."

"No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting."

"I hate the noise and hurry inseparable from great Estates and Titles, and look upon both as blessings that ought only to be given to fools, for 'Tis only to them that they are blessings."

"Civility costs nothing, and buys everything."

"Writers of novels and romance in general bring a double loss to their readers; robbing them of their time and money; representing men, manners, and things, that never have been, or are likely to be."

"Solitude begets whimsies."

"Life is too short for a long story."

"We are no more free agents than the queen of clubs when she victoriously takes prisoner the knave of hearts."

"While conscience is our friend, all is at peace; however once it is offended, farewell to a tranquil mind."