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One day we were born, one day we shall die, the same day, the same second.

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Habit is a great deadener.

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It was long since I had longed for anything and the effect on me was horrible.

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Curiosity is the hair of our habit tending to stand on end. It rarely happens that our attention is not stained in greater or lesser degree by this an...more

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They give birth astride of a grave, the light gleams an instant, then it's night once more.

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Astride of a grave and a difficult birth.Down in the hole, lingeringly, the grave digger puts on the forceps.We have time to grow old.The air is full ...more