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Quote by Thornton Wilder
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We do not choose the day of our birth nor may we choose the day of our death, yet choice is the sovereign faculty of the mind. – Thornton Wilder

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Ninety-nine per cent of the people in the world are fools and the rest of us are in great danger of contagion. – Thornton Wilder

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It is very necessary to have markers of beauty left in a world seemingly bent on making the most evil ugliness. – Thornton Wilder

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Many who have spent a lifetime in it can tell us less of love than the child that lost a dog yesterday. – Thornton Wilder

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You must not fear death, my lads defy him, and you drive him into the enemys ranks. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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Death is a very important part of life. – GG Allin

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He who is completely sanctified, or cleansed from all sin, and dies in this state, is fit for glory. – Adam Clarke

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