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What life refused, to gain by death he thought:
For life and death are but indifferent things,
And of themselves not to be shunned nor sought,
But for the good or ill that either brings.

— William Alexander A Book of Quotations, Proverbs and Household Words (1924)

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Source: Tragedy of Darius.
Work: A Book of Quotations, Proverbs and Household Words, 1924
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