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Death may be the greatest of all human blessings
A belief in hell and the knowledge that every ambition is doomed to frustration at the hands of a skeleton have never prevented the majority of human beings from behaving as though death were no more than an unfounded rumor
The goal of all life is death
We understand death for the first time when he puts his hand upon one whom we love
Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go
We die only once, and for such a long time
It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live
Death is a release from the impressions of the senses, and from desires that make us their puppets, and from the vagaries of the mind, and from the hard service of the flesh
There will be no lasting peace either in the heart of individuals or in social customs until death is outlawed
Men are never really willing to die except for the sake of freedom: therefore they do not believe in dying completely
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
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On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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