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Quote by Gilbert Parker
Man is born in a day, and he dies in a day, and the thing is easil

Man is born in a day, and he dies in a day, and the thing is easily over but to have a sick heart for three-fourths of ones lifetime is simply to have death renewed every morning and life at that price is not worth living. – Gilbert Parker

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She belongs to a race of delightful women, who never do any harm, whom everybody calls good, and who are very severe on those who do not pretend to be good. – Gilbert Parker

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It must be remembered that the sea is a great breeder of friendship. Two men who have known each other for twenty years find that twenty days at sea bring them nearer than ever they were before, or else estrange them. – Gilbert Parker

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Death
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We weep over the graves of infants and the little ones taken from us by death but an early grave may be the shortest way to heaven. – Tryon Edwards

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The end of the animal trade would leave more time to trap or beat to death pop star wannabes. – Simon Cowell

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Death is the tyrant of the imagination. – Barry Cornwall

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As a comic, you try something and if it works you go with it and grind it to death. – Alexei Sayle

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