"Death's a debt; his mandamus binds all alike- no bail, no demurrer."

Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Irish Playwright

Death, Debt

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"The safest course is to do nothing against one's conscience. With this secret, we can enjoy life and have no fear from death."

Voltaire, French Writer

Death, Life, Fear, Conscience

"Fyodor Pavlovitch was drunk when he heard of his wife's death, and the story is that he ran out into the street and began shouting with joy, raising his hands to Heaven: "Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace," but others say he wept without restraint like a little child, so much so that people were sorry for him, in spite of the repulsion he inspired. It is quite possible that both versions were true, that he rejoiced at his release, and at the same time wept for her who released him."

Fyodor Dostoevsky, Russian Novelist

Death, Grief, Emotion, Release

"For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one."

Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese Philosopher

Death, Life, Sea, Poet

"Our life is made by the death of others."

Leonardo da Vinci, Italian Artist

Death, Life

"To be invisible you shouldn't exist, first of all you should make everything that you are dead... second you are invisible. If you are dead it's not possible the thought to exist!"

Deyth Banger, American Blogger

Death, Wisdom, Truth, Life, Power

"I was court-martial in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence."

Thomas Hardy, English Novelist

Death, Absence, Court

"I know I'm drinking myself to a slow death, but then I'm in no hurry."

Robert Benchley, American Comedian

Death, Drinking

"Birth was the death of him."

Samuel Beckett, Irish Playwright

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"Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status."

David Mamet, American Dramatist

Death, Peace, Public, Question

"I believe that his death and resurrection transformed humanity's relationship with God."

Timothy Radcliffe, English Clergyman

Death, God, Humanity

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"To smile at the jest which plants a thorn in another's breast is to become a principal in the mischief."

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"A fluent tongue is the only thing a mother don't like her daughter to resemble her in."

Mother, Daughter, Tongue

"He is indebted to his memory for his jests and to his imagination for his facts."

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"A bumper of good liquor will end a contest quicker than justice, judge, or vicar."

End, Justice, Liquor, Will

"You write with ease to show your breeding, but easy writing's curst hard reading."

Breeding, Reading, Writing

"The glorious uncertainty of the law was a thing well known and complained of, by all ignorant people, but all learned gentleman considered it as its greatest excellency."

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"There is not a passion so strongly rooted in the human heart as envy."

Heart, Envy, Passion

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"The safest course is to do nothing against one's conscience. With this secret, we can enjoy life and have no fear from death."

"For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one."

"Our life is made by the death of others."

"To be invisible you shouldn't exist, first of all you should make everything that you are dead... second you are invisible. If you are dead it's not possible the thought to exist!"

"I was court-martial in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence."

"I know I'm drinking myself to a slow death, but then I'm in no hurry."

"Birth was the death of him."

"Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status."

"I believe that his death and resurrection transformed humanity's relationship with God."

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"Ay, ay, the best terms will grow obsolete: damns have had their day."

"There's no possibility of being witty without a little ill-nature."

"Won't you come into the garden? I would like my roses to see you."

"To smile at the jest which plants a thorn in another's breast is to become a principal in the mischief."

"A fluent tongue is the only thing a mother don't like her daughter to resemble her in."

"He is indebted to his memory for his jests and to his imagination for his facts."

"A bumper of good liquor will end a contest quicker than justice, judge, or vicar."

"You write with ease to show your breeding, but easy writing's curst hard reading."

"The glorious uncertainty of the law was a thing well known and complained of, by all ignorant people, but all learned gentleman considered it as its greatest excellency."

"There is not a passion so strongly rooted in the human heart as envy."