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The final reward of the dead - to die no more

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In Heaven all the interesting people are missing.

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There is a certain right by which we many deprive a man of life, but none by which we may deprive him of death; this is mere cruelty.

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Let us beware of saying that death is the opposite of life. The living being is only a species of the dead, and a very rare species.

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The Thought of Death. It gives me a melancholy happiness to live in the midst of this confusion of streets, of necessities, of voices: how much enjoym...more

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The man consummatig his life dies his death triumphantly,surrounded by men filled with hope and making solmn vows, thus one should learn to die.Friedr...more

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It is intoxicating joy for the sufferer to look away from his suffering and to forget himself.

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No small art is it to sleep: it is necessary for that purpose to keep awake all day.

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Sleep knocks on my eyes: they grow heavy. Sleep touches my mouth: it stays open.Truly, he comes to me on soft soles, the dearest of thieves, and steal...more