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Quote by Robert Bolt
Even at our birth, death does but stand aside a little. And every

Even at our birth, death does but stand aside a little. And every day he looks towards us and muses somewhat to himself whether that day or the next he will draw nigh. – Robert Bolt

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Moralitys not practical. Moralitys a gesture. A complicated gesture learnt from books. – Robert Bolt

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When a man takes an oath…,hes holding his ownself in his own hands. Like water. And if he opens his fingers then- he neednt hope to find himself again. – Robert Bolt

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It profits a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world… but for Wales! – Robert Bolt

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Death
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I do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke of death. – Thomas Browne, An Essay on Death

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If we cant face death, well never overcome it. You have to look it straight in the eye. Then you can turn around and walk back out into the light. – Maya Lin

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If death is in the room, its pretty interesting. But I would also say that Im interested in getting myself to believe that its going to happen to me. Im interested in it, because if youre not, youre nuts. Its really de facto what were here to find out about. – George Saunders

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Death

That is the great mistake about the affections. It is not the rise and fall of empires, the birth and death of kings, or the marching of armies that move them most. When they answer from their depths, it is to the domestic joys and tragedies of life. – Amelia Barr

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