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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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There is a sort of jealousy which needs very little fire it is hardly a passion, but a blight bred in the cloudy, damp despondency of uneasy egoism. – George Eliot

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More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not forsake us. – George Eliot

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Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love. – George Eliot

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If my survival caused another to perish, then death would be sweeter and more beloved. – Khalil Gibran

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It is vain for the coward to flee death follows close behind it is only by defying it that the brave escape. – Voltaire

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I am not the born how can there be either birth or death for me? – Guru Nanak

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