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If I die prematurely I shall be saved from being bored to death at my own success. – Samuel Butler

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Every one should keep a mental wastepaper basket and the older he grows the more things he will consign to it — torn up to irrecoverable tatters. – Samuel Butler

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Conscience is thoroughly well-bred and soon leaves off talking to those who do not wish to hear it. – Samuel Butler

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Death in itself is nothing but we fear to be we know not what, we know not where. – John Dryden

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Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live. – Norman Cousins

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When you think about it, the end of the world is a little bit like death: We all know its going to come eventually, and as we get older, we feel we see the signs more and more distinctly. – John Hodgman

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Where is the politician who has not promised to fight to the death for lower taxes- and who has not proceeded to vote for the very spending projects that make tax cuts impossible? – Barry Goldwater

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