Death doesn't affect the living because it has not... -W. Somerset Maugham

Death doesn't affect the living because it has not happened yet. Death doesn't concern the dead because they have ceased to exist.

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I can imagine no more comfortable frame of mind for the conduct of life than a humorous resignation....
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A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be bothered with sex and all that sort of thing....
We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person....
Only a mediocre person is always at his best....
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As long as you think of your real self as the person you are, then of course you're going to be fearful of death. But what is a person? A person is a ...
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I wouldn't mind at all coming back to earth after my death....
I believe that his death and resurrection transformed humanity's relationship with God....
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If the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is to live, our babies must live. Our mothers must choose life. If we refuse to answer the cry of mercy fr...
I know my generation - a lot of them, they're getting old now, and they want to think back fondly, they want to kid themselves. A lot of them think, '...
The true Christian is called to be a soldier and must behave as such from the day of his conversion to the day of his death. He is not meant to live a...
I know I'm drinking myself to a slow death, but then I'm in no hurry....
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