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Death is a release from the impressions of sense, and from impulse

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

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Tis very certain the desire of life prolongs it. – Lord Byron

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The fear of death often proves mortal, and sets people on methods to save their Lives, which infallibly destroy them. – Joseph Addison

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Death is the golden key that opens the palace of eternity. – John Milton

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Death comes in a flash, and thats the truth of it, the persons gone in less than 24 frames of film. – Martin Scorsese

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