The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.
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Death is a delightful hiding place for weary men.
Death is a delightful hiding place for weary men.
All our knowledge merely helps us to die a more painful death than animals that know nothing.
All our knowledge merely helps us to die a more painful death than animals that know nothing.
When two people are under the influence of the most violent, most insane, most delusive, and most transient of passions, read more
When two people are under the influence of the most violent, most insane, most delusive, and most transient of passions, they are required to swear that they will remain in that excited, abnormal, and exhausting condition continuously until death do them part.
Nothing ends nicely, that's why it ends.
Nothing ends nicely, that's why it ends.
In this world, man is a target of death, an easy prey to calamities, here every morsel and every draught read more
In this world, man is a target of death, an easy prey to calamities, here every morsel and every draught is liable to choke one, here one never receives a favour until he loses another instead, here every additional day in one's life is a day reduced from the total span of his existence, when death is the natural outcome of life, how can we expect immortality?
I regret that I have but one life to give for my country.
I regret that I have but one life to give for my country.
One death is a tragedy. A million deaths is a statistic.
One death is a tragedy. A million deaths is a statistic.
I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.
I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.
Death is near and our mutual company is short.
Death is near and our mutual company is short.
