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A man may devote himself to death and destruction to save a nation

A man may devote himself to death and destruction to save a nation but no nation will devote itself to death and destruction to save mankind. – Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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Does not the very word creative mean to build, to initiate, to give out, to act – rather than to be acted upon, to be subjective? Living photography is positive in its approach, it sings a song of life – not death. – Berenice Abbott

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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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There is a remedy for everything; it is called death. – Proverb

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Those who welcome death have only tried it from the ears up. – Wilson Mizner

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