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Quote by George Eliot
Death is the king of this world: Tis his park where he breeds life

Death is the king of this world: Tis his park where he breeds life to feed him. Cries of pain are music for his banquet. – George Eliot

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It is possible to have a strong self-love without any self-satisfaction, rather with a self-discontent which is the more intense because ones own little core of egoistic sensibility is a supreme care. – George Eliot

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Science is properly more scrupulous than dogma. Dogma gives a charter to mistake, but the very breath of science is a contest with mistake, and must keep the conscience alive. – George Eliot

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Death
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If what you do is being threatened as a profession, that could be scary. But thats the same reason why I walked out on stage many times after receiving death threats. I couldnt live without doing what I wanted to do. So at the same time I have to be willing to die for it. – Marilyn Manson

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Despise not death, but welcome it, for nature wills it like all else. – Marcus Aurelius

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I think that the core doctrines of Christianity – the incarnation, the resurrection, life after death-these are as strong as ever. In fact, the belief in life after death has increased in this century. – Andrew Greeley

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Death to me means nothing as long as I can die fast. – Bob Dylan

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