Death
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"Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal." From a headstone in Ireland
"The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn't get worse every time Congress meets." Will Rogers
"Animals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without any idea of death, they have no theologians to instruct them, their last moments are not disturbed by unwelcome and unpleasant ceremonies, their funerals cost them nothing, and no one starts lawsuits over their wills." Voltaire
"You enter this world with no teeth and no hair, and you leave this world with no teeth and no hair." Anonymous
"Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome." Isaac Asimov, science-fiction writer (1920-1992)
"Those that are supple are disciples of life. Those that are brittle are disciples of death." LaoTzu [May 26, 2010
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" We come into this world head first and go out feet first; in between, it is all a matter of balance." Paul Boese
"What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal." Albert Pine
"Through the years, a man peoples a space with images of provinces, kingdoms, mountains, bays, ships, islands, fishes, rooms, tools, stars, horses, and people. Shortly before his death, he discovers that the patient labyrinth of lines traces the image of his own face." Luis Borges
"There are many causes that I am prepared to die for but no causes that I am prepared to kill for." Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948)
"The hollow horn plays wasted words, Proves to warn, That he not busy being born Is busy dying" Bob Dylan
“We die on the day when our lives cease to be illuminated by the steady radiance, renewed daily, of wonder, the source of which is beyond all reason.” Dag Hammarskjold |
