Benjamin Franklin said there were only two things certain in life:

Benjamin Franklin said there were only two things certain in life: death and taxes. But Id like to add a third certainty: trash. And while some in this room might want to discuss reducing taxes, I want to talk about reducing trash. – Ruth Ann Minner

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Death is a release from the impressions of the senses, and from desires that make us their puppets, and from the vagaries of the mind, and from the hard service of the flesh. – Marcus Aurelius

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For those who seek to understand it, death is a highly creative force. The highest spiritual values of life can originate from the thought and study of death. – Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

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