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No real English gentleman, in his secret soul, was ever sorry for the death of a political economist. – Walter Bagehot

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Progress would not have been the rarity it is if the early food had not been the late poison. – Walter Bagehot

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The habit of common and continuous speech is a symptom of mental deficiency. It proceeds from not knowing what is going on in other peoples minds. – Walter Bagehot

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Public opinion is a permeating influence, and it exacts obedience to itself; it requires us to drink other mens thoughts, to speak other mens words, to follow other mens habits. – Walter Bagehot

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It is impossible to experience ones death objectively and still carry a tune. – Woody Allen

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The human consciousness is really homogeneous. There is no complete forgetting, even in death. – David Herbert Lawrence

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People want the right to die at a time of their own choosing. Too many families have watched helplessly as a relative dies slowly, longing for death. – Polly Toynbee

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We have abolished the death penalty for humans, so why should it continue for animals? – Brigitte Bardot

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