"Within the hollow crown That rounds the..." - Quote by William Shakespeare
Within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king Keeps Death his court.
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“Once you are born in this world you’re old enough to die.”
“Again, somehow, one saw life, a pure bead. I lifted the pencil again, useless though I knew it to be. But even as I did so, the unmistakable tokens of death showed themselves. The body relaxed, and instantly grew stiff. The struggle was over. The insignificant little creature now knew death. As I looked at the dead moth, this minute wayside triumph of so great a force over so mean an antagonist filled me with wonder. Just as life had been strange a few minutes before, so death was now as strange.”
“Can any one find in what condition his body will be, I do not say a year hence, but this evening?”