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I detest life-insurance agents: they always argue that I shall some day die, which is not so.
Stephen Leacock
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Stephen Leacock
Canadian
Economist
Born:
Dec 30
,
1869
Died:
Mar 28
,
1944
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I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth is more potent than history. That dreams are more powerful than facts. That hope always triumphs over experience. That laughter is the only cure for grief. And I believe that love is stronger than death.
Robert Fulghum
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I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.
Leonardo da Vinci
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I don't fear death so much as I fear its prologues: loneliness, decrepitude, pain, debilitation, depression, senility. After a few years of those, I imagine death presents like a holiday at the beach.
Mary Roach
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While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die.
Leonardo da Vinci
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It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.
Marcus Aurelius
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When your time comes to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song, and die like a hero going home.
Tecumseh
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The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.
Mark Twain
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Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
Socrates
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Suffering, failure, loneliness, sorrow, discouragement, and death will be part of your journey, but the Kingdom of God will conquer all these horrors. No evil can resist grace forever.
Brennan Manning
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