Quote by Samuel Butler
If I die prematurely I shall be saved from being bored to death at

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

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Birth and death are so closely related that one could not destroy either without destroying the other at the same time. It is extinction that makes creation possible. – Samuel Butler

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Marriage is distinctly and repeatedly excluded from heaven. Is this because it is thought likely to mar the general felicity? – Samuel Butler

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We shall never get people whose time is money to take much interest in atoms. – Samuel Butler

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Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life. – Bertolt Brecht

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Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying. – Jean Cocteau

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Any man who has $10,000 left when he dies is a failure. – Errol Flynn

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I dont believe in life after death. But I do believe in some grinding destiny that watches over us on earth. If I didnt, the safety valve would give and the boiler would explode. – Hedy Lamarr

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