I am not so much afraid of death, as ashamed thereof tis the very disgrace and ignominy of our natures.
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Life itself is but the shadow of death, and souls departed but the shadows of the living.
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Sleep is a death, O make me try, By sleeping, what it is to die And as gently lay my head On my grave, as now my bed.
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Rough diamonds may sometimes be mistaken for worthless pebbles.
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To believe only possibilities is not faith, but mere philosophy.
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