Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting with the gift of speech

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If noble death be virtue's chiefest part, We above all men are by Fortune blest,...

If noble death be virtue's chiefest part, We above all men are by Fortune blest,...

Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send...

Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send...

If I err in my belief that the souls of men are immortal, I err...

If I err in my belief that the souls of men are immortal, I err...

Sleep is good, death is better; but of course, the best thing would to have...

Sleep is good, death is better; but of course, the best thing would to have...

Ninety-nine percent of requested deaths go unrecorded. It's a secret crime.

Ninety-nine percent of requested deaths go unrecorded. It's a secret crime.

I'm gonna live till I die.

I'm gonna live till I die.

I would rather die a meaningful death than to live a meaningless life.

I would rather die a meaningful death than to live a meaningless life.

Sin hath the devil for its father, shame for its companion, and death for its...

Sin hath the devil for its father, shame for its companion, and death for its...

Man has the possibility of existence after death. But possibility is one thing and the...

Man has the possibility of existence after death. But possibility is one thing and the...

Death cancels everything but truth

Death cancels everything but truth

The most interesting thing in the world is another human being who wonders, suffers and...

The most interesting thing in the world is another human being who wonders, suffers and...

He paints for the blind, and we are the blind, and he lets us see...

He paints for the blind, and we are the blind, and he lets us see...

He lives in fame that died in virtue's cause.

He lives in fame that died in virtue's cause.

More people have been slaughtered in the name of religion than for any other single...

More people have been slaughtered in the name of religion than for any other single...

If even dying is to be made a social function, then, grant me the favor...

If even dying is to be made a social function, then, grant me the favor...

I saw few die of hunger; of eating, a hundred thousand.

I saw few die of hunger; of eating, a hundred thousand.

Have the courage to live. Anyone can die.

Have the courage to live. Anyone can die.

I thank my God for graciously granting me the opportunity of learning that death is...

I thank my God for graciously granting me the opportunity of learning that death is...

I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared...

I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared...

All good things must come to an end, but all bad things can continue forever.

All good things must come to an end, but all bad things can continue forever.

'You come of the Lord Adam and the Lady Eve,' said Aslan. 'And that is...

'You come of the Lord Adam and the Lady Eve,' said Aslan. 'And that is...

Be noble! And the nobleness that lies in other men, sleeping, but never dead, will...

Be noble! And the nobleness that lies in other men, sleeping, but never dead, will...

Americanism means the virtues of courage, honor, justice, truth, sincerity, and hardihoodthe virtues that made...

Americanism means the virtues of courage, honor, justice, truth, sincerity, and hardihoodthe virtues that made...