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I have thought there was some advantage even in death, by which we

I have thought there was some advantage even in death, by which we mingle with the herd of common men. – Henry David Thoreau

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Some men are alive simply because it is against the law to kill them. – E. W. Howe

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Death

Quarreling over food and drink, having neither scruples nor shame, not knowing right from wrong, not trying to avoid death or injury, not fearful of greater strength or of greater numbers, greedily aware only of food and drink – such is the bravery of the dog and boar. – Xun Zi

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Death

The call of death is a call of love. Death can be sweet if we answer it in the affirmative, if we accept it as one of the great eternal forms of life and transformation. – Hermann Hesse

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Death

My children are magical creatures and I love them to death. – Jack Black

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Death

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By seeking and blundering we learn. – Johann von Goethe

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[Man] asks from prose, only under a more obscure and indefinite form, what he expects from poetry; and indeed, where is the actual boundary between poetry and prose? and how can one help owning that prose is but poetry gradually but never entirely extinguished or calmed down? – Alexandre Vinet (1797–1847)

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Poetry

It’s Not All About You…Stay in the Game. Taking myself lightly means trading my self-absorption for connecting with others…it is really not all about you! One of our workshop participants relates to this principle in this way: Don’t make yourself more important than the situation. – Suzanne Mayo Frindt

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Selfishness

To simplify complications is the first essential of success. – George Earle Buckle

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Simplicity