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Rejoice, lest pleasureless ye die.
Within a little time must ye go by.
Stretch forth your open hands, and while ye live
Take all the gifts that Death and Life may give!
Far too soon a man is in his grave, and how small are the hurricanes and mountains of his life—vengeance, love, might, and conquest—compared to that tiny heap of bone dust at its end.
When once death has arrived, it does not return. So ever remain ready for it.
Am I alive? Death seems so hard to pin down in this century.
Death is always and under all circumstances a tragedy, for if it is not, then it means that life itself has become one.
Death to the killers, bringing light to life.
I leave this rule for others when I'm dead
Be always sure you're right — THEN GO AHEAD!
You don't get to choose how you're going to die. Or when. You can only decide how you're going to live. Now.
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