"Twins are usually hailed with delight, because they swell the power of the family, though in some instances they are put to death."

Death, Power, Family, Delight

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"Twins are usually hailed with delight, because they swell the power of the family, though in some instances they are put to death."

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"Death is softer by far than tyranny."

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"Vulgar and common persons, as they carry nothing out of this world, so they leave nothing in it: they receive no eminency in their birth, they acquire none in their life, they have none when they die, they leave none at their death."

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"What he has done for women is final: he gave to their service the best powers of his mind and the best years of his life. His death consecrates the gift: it can never lessen its value."

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"Death is the sound of distant thunder at a picnic."

W. H. Auden, English Poet

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"I've told my children that when I die, to release balloons in the sky to celebrate that I graduated. For me, death is a graduation."

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"A few cold words on yonder stone, A corpse as cold as they can be - Vain words, and mouldering dust, alone - Can this be all that's left of thee? O, no! thy spirit lingers still Where'er thy sunny smile was seen: There's less of darkness, less of chill On earth, than if thou hadst not been.Thou breathest in my bosom yet, And dwellest in my beating heart; And, while I cannot quite forget, Thou, darling, canst not quite depart."

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"Fear of death increases in exact proportion to increase in wealth."

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"When death speaks to me, it speaks only of the beauty of life."

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