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"Of all the ways to lose a person, death is the kindest."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Of all the ways to lose a person, death is the kindest."
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"The world rolls round forever like a mill; it grinds out death and life and good and ill; it has no purpose, heart or mind or will."
James Thomson
"The world rolls round forever like a mill; it grinds out death and life and good and ill; it has no purpose, heart or mind or will."
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"It seems to me that if you or I must choose between two courses of thought or action, we should remember our dying and try so to live that our death brings no pleasure on the world."
John Steinbeck
"It seems to me that if you or I must choose between two courses of thought or action, we should remember our dying and try so to live that our death brings no pleasure on the world."
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"If fame is to come only after death, I am in no hurry for it."
Marcus Valerius Martial
"If fame is to come only after death, I am in no hurry for it."
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"Loss and possession, death and life are one, There falls no shadow where there shines no sun."
Hilaire Belloc
"Loss and possession, death and life are one, There falls no shadow where there shines no sun."
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"Death is a commingling of eternity with time; in the death of a good man, eternity is seen looking through time."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Death is a commingling of eternity with time; in the death of a good man, eternity is seen looking through time."
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"If we don't know life, how can we know death?"
Confucius
"If we don't know life, how can we know death?"
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"Sleep is good, death is better; but of course, the best thing would to have never been born at all."
Heinrich Heine
"Sleep is good, death is better; but of course, the best thing would to have never been born at all."
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"I would rather die a meaningful death than to live a meaningless life."
Corazon Aquino
"I would rather die a meaningful death than to live a meaningless life."
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"Death is a displaced name for a linguistic predicament."
Paul de Man
"Death is a displaced name for a linguistic predicament."
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"Death is a delightful hiding place for weary men."
Herodotus
"Death is a delightful hiding place for weary men."
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"We are dying from overthinking. We are slowly killing ourselves by thinking about everything. Think. Think. Think. You can never trust the human mind anyway. It's a death trap."
Anthony Hopkins
"We are dying from overthinking. We are slowly killing ourselves by thinking about everything. Think. Think. Think. You can never trust the human mind anyway. It's a death trap."
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"All our knowledge merely helps us to die a more painful death than animals that know nothing."
Maurice Maeterlinck
"All our knowledge merely helps us to die a more painful death than animals that know nothing."
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"Our law is a Jordanian law that we inherited, which applies to both the West Bank and Gaza, and sets the death penalty for those who sell land to Israelis."
Yasser Arafat
"Our law is a Jordanian law that we inherited, which applies to both the West Bank and Gaza, and sets the death penalty for those who sell land to Israelis."
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"There were also horror shows on the radio. Very terrifying and thrilling to me as a kid. They had all these creepy sound effects. They would come on at ten o'clock at night, and I just would scare myself to death."
Jessica Hagedorn
"There were also horror shows on the radio. Very terrifying and thrilling to me as a kid. They had all these creepy sound effects. They would come on at ten o'clock at night, and I just would scare myself to death."
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"Days will prove that the assassination policy will not finish the Hamas. Hamas leaders wish to be martyrs and are not scared of death. Jihad will continue and the resistance will continue until we have victory, or we will be martyrs."
Ahmed Yassin
"Days will prove that the assassination policy will not finish the Hamas. Hamas leaders wish to be martyrs and are not scared of death. Jihad will continue and the resistance will continue until we have victory, or we will be martyrs."
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"My death will be caused by morphine, which I have deliberately taken with suicidal intent."
Alex Campbell
"My death will be caused by morphine, which I have deliberately taken with suicidal intent."
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"Sleep is the interest we have to pay on the capital which is called in at death; and the higher the rate of interest and the more regularly it is paid, the further the date of redemption is postponed."
Arthur Schopenhauer
"Sleep is the interest we have to pay on the capital which is called in at death; and the higher the rate of interest and the more regularly it is paid, the further the date of redemption is postponed."
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"See, I have set before you this day life and good, death and evil... I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse; therefore choose life."
Jesus Christ
"See, I have set before you this day life and good, death and evil... I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse; therefore choose life."
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"Sometimes I have to compromise my views, but I never compromise on issues like the death penalty and the arm trade laws, despite what the readers or letters may say."
Jonathan Shapiro
"Sometimes I have to compromise my views, but I never compromise on issues like the death penalty and the arm trade laws, despite what the readers or letters may say."
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"I have sworn to only live free. Even if I find bitter the taste of death, I don't want to die humiliated or deceived."
Osama bin Laden
"I have sworn to only live free. Even if I find bitter the taste of death, I don't want to die humiliated or deceived."
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"Research challenges the materialistic understanding of death, according to which biological death represents the final end of existence and of all conscious activity."
Stanislav Grof
"Research challenges the materialistic understanding of death, according to which biological death represents the final end of existence and of all conscious activity."
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"There is no fundamental difference between the preparation for death and the practice of dying, and spiritual practice leading to enlightenment."
Stanislav Grof
"There is no fundamental difference between the preparation for death and the practice of dying, and spiritual practice leading to enlightenment."
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"The first moments of sleep are an image of death; a hazy torpor grips our thoughts and it becomes impossible for us to determine the exact instant when the "I," under another form, continues the task of existence."
Gerard De Nerval
"The first moments of sleep are an image of death; a hazy torpor grips our thoughts and it becomes impossible for us to determine the exact instant when the "I," under another form, continues the task of existence."
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"In this decisive hour of our national history, union means life and division means death."
Bao Dai
"In this decisive hour of our national history, union means life and division means death."
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"People fear death even more than pain. It's strange that they fear death. Life hurts a lot more than death. At the point of death, the pain is over. Yeah, I guess it is a friend."
Jim Morrison
"People fear death even more than pain. It's strange that they fear death. Life hurts a lot more than death. At the point of death, the pain is over. Yeah, I guess it is a friend."
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"Death is the sound of distant thunder at a picnic."
W. H. Auden
"Death is the sound of distant thunder at a picnic."
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"Life is a great sunrise. I do not see why death should not be an even greater one."
Vladimir Nabokov
"Life is a great sunrise. I do not see why death should not be an even greater one."
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"Eroticism is assenting to life even in death."
Georges Bataille
"Eroticism is assenting to life even in death."
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"The materialistic paradigm of Western science has been a major obstacle for any objective evaluation of the data describing the events occurring at the time of death."
Stanislav Grof
"The materialistic paradigm of Western science has been a major obstacle for any objective evaluation of the data describing the events occurring at the time of death."
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"Death makes angels of us all and gives us wings where we had shoulders smooth as ravens claws."
Jim Morrison
"Death makes angels of us all and gives us wings where we had shoulders smooth as ravens claws."
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"To say yes, you have to sweat and roll up your sleeves and plunge both hands into life up to the elbows. It is easy to say no, even if saying no means death."
Jean Anouilh
"To say yes, you have to sweat and roll up your sleeves and plunge both hands into life up to the elbows. It is easy to say no, even if saying no means death."
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"The knowledge of the realm of death makes it possible for the shaman to move freely back and forth and mediate these journeys for other people."
Stanislav Grof
"The knowledge of the realm of death makes it possible for the shaman to move freely back and forth and mediate these journeys for other people."
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"Coming to terms with the fear of death is conducive to healing, positive personality transformation, and consciousness evolution."
Stanislav Grof
"Coming to terms with the fear of death is conducive to healing, positive personality transformation, and consciousness evolution."
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"Life without Liberty is far worse than death."
Hamid Karzai
"Life without Liberty is far worse than death."
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"If my survival caused another to perish, then death would be sweeter and more beloved."
Kahlil Gibran
"If my survival caused another to perish, then death would be sweeter and more beloved."
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"Everything that is necessary is also easy. You just have to accept it. And the most necessary, the most natural matter on this planet is death."
Friedrich Durrenmatt
"Everything that is necessary is also easy. You just have to accept it. And the most necessary, the most natural matter on this planet is death."
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"Land and sea, weakness and decline are great separators, but death is the great divorcer for ever."
John Keats
"Land and sea, weakness and decline are great separators, but death is the great divorcer for ever."
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"There is no harm in patience, and no profit in lamentation. Death is easier to bear (than) that which precedes it, and more severe than that which comes after it. Remember the death of the Apostle of God, and your sorrow will be lessened."
Abu Bakr
"There is no harm in patience, and no profit in lamentation. Death is easier to bear (than) that which precedes it, and more severe than that which comes after it. Remember the death of the Apostle of God, and your sorrow will be lessened."
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"I think we brothers realised his loss more and more as we grew older. We actually grew closer after his death."
Raj Kapoor
"I think we brothers realised his loss more and more as we grew older. We actually grew closer after his death."
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"The death penalty is being applied in the United States as a fatal lottery."
Bianca Jagger
"The death penalty is being applied in the United States as a fatal lottery."
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"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."
Evelyn Beatrice Hall
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."
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"I stay way from that area, and there's only so many songs you can write about love, sex and death."
Peter Steele
"I stay way from that area, and there's only so many songs you can write about love, sex and death."
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"The desire to die was my one and only concern; to it I have sacrificed everything, even death."
Emile M. Cioran
"The desire to die was my one and only concern; to it I have sacrificed everything, even death."
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"It's a matter of life and death for this country. The Kenyan forests are facing extinction and it is a man-made problem."
Wangari Maathai
"It's a matter of life and death for this country. The Kenyan forests are facing extinction and it is a man-made problem."
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"I am not afraid of death, I just don't want to be there when it happens."
Woody Allen
"I am not afraid of death, I just don't want to be there when it happens."
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"Courage is being scared to death... and saddling up anyway."
John Wayne
"Courage is being scared to death... and saddling up anyway."
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"I'm a farm boy. If we need five people to haul in hay, we don't take one and just work them to death."
Lincoln Davis
"I'm a farm boy. If we need five people to haul in hay, we don't take one and just work them to death."
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"People die all the time. Life is a lot more fragile than we think. So you should treat others in a way that leaves no regrets. Fairly, and if possible, sincerely. It's too easy not to make the effort, then weep and wring your hands after the person dies."
Haruki Murakami
"People die all the time. Life is a lot more fragile than we think. So you should treat others in a way that leaves no regrets. Fairly, and if possible, sincerely. It's too easy not to make the effort, then weep and wring your hands after the person dies."
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"I can imagine myself on my death-bed, spent utterly with lust to touch the next world, like a boy asking for his first kiss from a woman."
Aleister Crowley
"I can imagine myself on my death-bed, spent utterly with lust to touch the next world, like a boy asking for his first kiss from a woman."
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