"Posthumous charities are the very essence of selfishness when bequeathed by those who, even alive, would part with nothing."

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"Posthumous charities are the very essence of selfishness when bequeathed by those who, even alive, would part with nothing."

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"Of present fame think little, and of future less; the praises that we receive after we are buried, like the flowers that are strewed over our grave, may be gratifying to the living, but they are nothing to the dead."

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"As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so small wits seem to have the gift of speaking much and saying nothing."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

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"Nothing proves that we are more than nothing."

Emile M. Cioran, Romanian Philosopher

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"There is nothing so difficult to marry as a large nose."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

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"There is nothing so terrible as activity without insight."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet

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"Families in which nothing is ever discussed usually have a lot not to discuss."

Mason Cooley, American Writer

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