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Quote by Francis Bacon
Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark and as that natu

Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark and as that natural fear in children is increased by tales, so is the other. – Francis Bacon

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I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am. – Francis Bacon

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Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimely interchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much. – Francis Bacon

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All interest in disease and death is only another expression of interest in life. – Thomas Mann

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Monarchs ought to put to death the authors and instigators of war, as their sworn enemies and as dangers to their states. – Elizabeth I

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To be immortal is commonplace except for man, all creatures are immortal, for they are ignorant of death what is divine, terrible, incomprehensible, is to know that one is immortal. – Jorge Luis Borges

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The kingdom of Heaven is a condition of the heart – not something that comes upon the earth or after death. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself. – Plato

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Increased means and increased leisure are the two civilizers of man. – Benjamin Disraeli

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