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Quote by Lord Byron
When one subtracts from life infancy (which is vegetation), sleep,

When one subtracts from life infancy (which is vegetation), sleep, eating and swilling, buttoning and unbuttoning — how much remains of downright existence? The summer of a dormouse. – Lord Byron

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This is the patent age of new inventions for killing bodies, and for saving souls. All propagated with the best intentions. – Lord Byron

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This man is freed from servile bands, Of hope to rise, or fear to fall Lord of himself, though not of lands, And leaving nothing, yet hath all. – Lord Byron

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Fear
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Then stirs the feeling infinite, so felt In solitude, where we are least alone. – Lord Byron

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alone
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I have died so little today, friend, forgive me. – Thomas Lux

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We die daily. Happy those who daily come to life as well. – George MacDonald

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Only that day dawns to which we are awake. – Henry David Thoreau

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Here I am trying to live, or rather, I am trying to teach the death within me how to live. – Jean Cocteau

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And like I say, I think weve got other cases other than Iraq. I do not think the problem of global proliferation of weapons technology of mass destruction is going to go away, and thats why I think it is an urgent issue. – David Kay

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