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There is nothing which at once affects a man so much and so little

There is nothing which at once affects a man so much and so little as his own death. – Samuel Butler

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To himself everyone is immortal; he may know that he is going to die, but he can never know that he is dead. – Samuel Butler

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Death
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Samuel Butler
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When the water of a place is bad it is safest to drink none that has not been filtered through either the berry of a grape, or else a tub of malt. These are the most reliable filters yet invented. – Samuel Butler

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Water
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Death is softer by far than tyranny. – Aeschylus

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Im not afraid of death. Its the stake one puts up in order to play the game of life. – Jean Giraudoux

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As a kid, all I thought about was death. But you cant tell your parents that. – Maurice Sendak

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If death is in the room, its pretty interesting. But I would also say that Im interested in getting myself to believe that its going to happen to me. Im interested in it, because if youre not, youre nuts. Its really de facto what were here to find out about. – George Saunders

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