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Quote by Pierre Corneille
To die for ones country is such a worthy fate that all compete for

To die for ones country is such a worthy fate that all compete for so beautiful a death. – Pierre Corneille

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Im scared to death of being poor. Its like a fat girl who loses 500 pounds but is always fat inside. I grew up poor and will always feel poor inside. Its my pet paranoia. – Cher

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If you wish to make a man look noble, your best course is to kill him. What superiority he may have inherited from his race, what superiority nature may have personally gifted him with, comes out in death. – Alexander Smith

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Death

As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death. – Leonardo DaVinci

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Death

Death is like an arrow that is already in flight, and your life lasts only until it reaches you. – Georg Hermes

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