"No one could ever meet death for..." - Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero
No one could ever meet death for his country without the hope of immortality.
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“Property is theft. Nobody "owns" anything. When you die, it all stays here.”
“Death is a fisherman, the world we see His fish-pond is, and we the fishes be; His net some general sickness; howe'er he Is not so kind as other fishers be; For if they take one of the smaller fry, They throw him in again, he shall not die: But death is sure to kill all he can get, And all is fish with him that comes to net.”
“I'm a man. I lived it and I'm not afraid to die but when I die I'm going to paradise and I'm not worried.”
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“I don't want to have lived in vain like most people. I want to be useful or bring enjoyment to all people, even those I've never met. I want to go on living even after my death!”
“Goin insane, never die, live eternal, who shall I fear?”
“When the dust of death has choked a great man's voice, the common words he said turn oracles, the common thoughts he yoked like horses draw like griffins.”