The death ... of a beautiful woman, is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world.
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On the death of a friend, we should consider that the fates through confidence have devolved on us the task of a double living, that we have henceforth to fulfill the promise of our friend's life also, in our own, to the world.
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Death is a commingling of eternity with time; in the death of a good man, eternity is seen looking through time.
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Cosmic upheaval is not so moving as a little child pondering the death of a sparrow in the corner of a barn.
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A joke is an epigram on the death of a feeling.
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The most painful death in all the world is the death of a child. When a child dies, when one child dies-not the 11 per 1,000 we talk about statistically, but the one that a mother held briefly in her arms-he leaves an empty place in a parent's heart that will never heal.
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The death of a dear friend, wife, brother, lover, which seemed nothing but privation, somewhat later assumes the aspect of a guide or genius; ...
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Let us all be brave enough to die the death of a martyr, but let no one lust for martyrdom.
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My conclusion will be simple. It will consist of saying, in the very midst of the sound and the fury of our history: Let us rejoice. Let us rejoice, indeed, at having witnessed the death of a lying and comfort-loving Europe and at being faced with cruel truths.
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There's no tragedy in life like the death of a child. Things never get back to the way they were.
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The death of a man is a tragedy, the death of millions only statistics
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