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Those who have never had a father can at any rate never know the s

Those who have never had a father can at any rate never know the sweets of losing one. To most men the death of his father is a new lease of life. – Samuel Butler

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To himself everyone is an 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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Immortality
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Heaven is the work of the best and kindest men and women. Hell is the work of prigs, pedants and professional truth-tellers. The world is an attempt to make the best of Heaven and Hell. – Samuel Butler

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The line between life or death is determined by what we are willing to do. – Bear Grylls

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Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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We want our idols to be dead because it makes death a much less scary place. – Doug Coupland

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No one can confidently say that he will still be living tomorrow. – Euripides

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