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Quote by George Eliot
When death comes it is never our tenderness that we repent from, b

When death comes it is never our tenderness that we repent from, but our severity. – George Eliot

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But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope. – George Eliot

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Ive never any pity for conceited people, because I think they carry their comfort about with them. – George Eliot

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You only live twice. Once when you are born and once when you look death in the face. – Ian Fleming

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My death will be caused by morphine, which I have deliberately taken with suicidal intent. – Alex Campbell

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