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Life and Death
The chief danger in life is that you may take too may precautions. [Select] Even the best of friends cannot attend each other's funeral. [Select] I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve immortality by living forever. [Select] Luck can't last a lifetime unless you die young. [Select] Russell Banks {Also in: Success and Failure} Die? I should say not, dear fellow. No Barrymore would allow such a conventional thing to happen to him. [Select] John Barrymore (dying words) Life is not lost by dying; life is lost minute by minute, day by dragging day, in all the thousand small uncaring ways. [Select] Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils. [Select] Hector Berlioz {Also in: Wisdom and Ignorance} It's like déjà vu all over again. [Select] Beauty: That power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband. [Select] Ambrose Bierce: The Devil's Dictionary [Shop] {Also in: Men and Women} Prescription: A physician's guess at what will best prolong the situation with least harm to the patient. [Select] Ambrose Bierce: The Devil's Dictionary [Shop] {Also in: Health and Disease} Too much credit is given to the end result. The true lesson is in the struggle that takes place between the dream and reality. That struggle is a thing called life! [Select] Garth Brooks {Also in: Work and Recreation} Life is a tragedy for those who feel, and a comedy for those who think. [Select] Decay is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence. [Select] Buddha (last words) I'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead. [Select] Death meant little to me. It was the last joke in a series of bad jokes. [Select] I don't feel good. [Select] Luther Burbank (dying words) All animals except man know that the ultimate of life is to enjoy it. [Select] In our society, any man who doesn't cry at his mother's funeral is liable to be condemned to death. [Select] Albert Camus: The Stranger [Shop] All the things one has forgotten scream for help in dreams. [Select] To be prepared against surprise is to be trained. To be prepared for surprise is to be educated. [Select]
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