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" All diseases run into one, old age. "

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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" Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. "

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" Every hero becomes a bore at last. "

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