"Death is beautiful when seen to be..." - Quote by Henry David Thoreau
Death is beautiful when seen to be a law, and not an accident. It is as common as life.
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“I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself than be crowded on a velvet cushion. I would rather ride on earth in an ox cart, with a free circulation, than go to heaven in the fancy car of an excursion train and breathe a malaria all the way.”
“When it's time to die, let us not discover that we have never lived.”
“The monster is never just there where we think he is. What is truly monstrous is our cowardice and sloth.”
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“People talk about the horrors of war, but what weapon has a man invented that even approaches in cruelty some of the commoner diseases? 'Natural' death, almost by defintion, means something slow, smelly and painful.”
“Get up, and set your shoulder to the wheel - How long is this life for? As you have come into this world, leave some mark behind. Otherwise, where is the difference between you and the trees and stones? They too come into existence, decay and die.”
“Life is full of temporary situations, ultimately ending in a permanent solution.”