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" Love and death are the two great hinges on which all human sympathies turn. "

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Martin Heidegger

" Death destroys a man, but the idea of death saves him. "

" We die only once, and for such a long time. "

" Humility was considered a great virtue in my family household. No show of complacency or self-satisfaction was ever tolerated. Patting yourself on the back was definitely not encouraged, and pleasure or pride would be punishable by death. "

" Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important. "

" There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires. "

" No matter how devastating our struggles, disappointments, and troubles are, they are only temporary. No matter what happens to you, no matter the depth of tragedy or pain you face, no matter how death stalks you and your loved ones, the Resurrection promises you a future of immeasurable good. "

" As a medical doctor, I have known the face of adversity. I have seen much of death and dying, suffering and sorrow. I also remember the plight of students overwhelmed by their studies and of those striving to learn a foreign language. And I recall the fatigue and frustration felt by young parents with children in need. "

Russell M. Nelson

" No matter what heights you achieve, even if you're Brad Pitt, the slide is coming, sure as death and taxes. "

" Grace is what matters in anything - especially life, especially growth, tragedy, pain, love, death. That's a quality that I admire very greatly. It keeps you from reaching out for the gun too quickly. It keeps you from destroying things too foolishly. It sort of keeps you alive. "

" People have been predicting the death of philosophy since the 17th century. When I was a student, people were saying, 'We're in the last days of philosophy.' Then we were told in the '60s it would be replaced by sociology, then by literary criticism. "

Bernard Williams

" Death is not the end; it is but one more step in a great forward march made possible by the redemption wrought by the Savior. This is the spirit of true science - constant and eternal seeking. "

" I always wanted to be the underdog. For me, as a portrait photographer, it's the kiss of death to become well known. I did my best work when no one knew who I was. People weren't threatened by me because they didn't think I was a big deal. "

" O Death, rock me asleep, bring me to quiet rest, let pass my weary guiltless ghost out of my careful breast. "

" The older I get, the more I want to do. It beats death, decay or golf in unfortunate trousers. Peace and quiet depress me. "

" In an area of more than 1,000 war graves and with birdsong as the only sound, I contemplated the thin margin between life and death. If the sniper's bullet had been just two feet to one side, my father's life would have been over, aged just 27, and I would never have been born. "

Michael Ashcroft

" Monarchs ought to put to death the authors and instigators of war, as their sworn enemies and as dangers to their states. "

" Death, so called, is a thing which makes men weep, And yet a third of life is passed in sleep. "

" The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living. "

Marcus Tullius Cicero

" Once you start doing only what you've already proven you can do, you're on the road to death. "

" Nothing is certain in life but death and taxes. And in Donald Trump's case, lies. "

" Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come. "

Rabindranath Tagore

" Surely martyrs, irrespective of the special phase of the divine idea for which they gladly give up their bodies to torture and to death, are the truest heroes of history. "

Katharine Lee Bates

" Death comes at you no matter what you do in this life, and to equate drugs with death is a facile comparison. "

" I offer neither pay, nor quarters, nor food; I offer only hunger, thirst, forced marches, battles and death. Let him who loves his country with his heart, and not merely with his lips, follow me. "

Giuseppe Garibaldi

" Among the many signs of a lively faith and hope we have in eternal life, one of the surest is not being overly sad at the death of those whom we dearly love in our Lord. "

" At death, you're going to be needing some spiritual guidance and some kind of inner knowledge that extends beyond the boundaries of the physical world... it's what's inside that counts. "

George Harrison

" Smiles, tears, of all my life! - and, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death. "

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

" The death penalty issue is obviously a divisive one. But whether one is for or against, you can not deny the basic illogic - if we know the system is flawed, if we know there are innocent people on Death Row, then until the system is reformed, should we not abandon the death penalty to protect those who are innocent? "

Richard LaGravenese

" There are only three events in a man's life; birth, life, and death; he is not conscious of being born, he dies in pain, and he forgets to live. "

Jean de la Bruyere