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The pomp of death is far more terrible than death itself.


Nathaniel Lee

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A SACHS Death is more universal than life. Everyone dies, but not everyone lives.
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HAVELOCK ELLIS Death without dread of death is welcome death
SENECA Shame is worse than death.
PROVERB Death is greater than life.
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NATHANIEL BRANDEN Of all the judgments we pass in life, none is more important than the judgment we pass on ourselves.
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NATHANIEL BRANDEN It is generally recognized that creativity requires leisure, an absence of rush, time for the mind a...
NATHANIEL BRANDEN Positive self-esteem operates as, in effect, the immune system of the consciousness, providing resis...
NATHANIEL BRANDEN We do not hear the term "compassionate" applied to business executives or entrepreneurs, certainly n...
NATHANIEL BRANDEN The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.
NATHANIEL BRANDEN To-morrow, didst thou say? Methought I heard Horatio say, To-morrow! Go to--I will not hear it...
NATHANIEL COTTON I was an English major at Brown. I never enjoyed history classes.
NATHANIEL PHILBRICK War between Old England and the Bostonians is expected according to all reports we can hear. Various...
NATHANIEL SMITH How nearly is natural affection connected with the love of God (for if we love not our Brother whom ...
NATHANIEL SMITH What idea can be formed from the description of these people or what credit can be given to their st...
NATHANIEL SMITH May the Lord our God prepare us for every event then comes Life or Death - it is no great matter.
NATHANIEL SMITH To the best of my knowledge, I do not intend to applaud too much, nor degrade the Country I am in, I...
NATHANIEL SMITH The only sensible ends of literature are, first, the pleasurable toil of writing; second, the gratif...
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE Productive achievement is a consequence and an expression of health, self-esteem, not its cause
NATHANIEL BRANDEN Is it a fact -- or have I dreamt it -- that, by means of electricity, the world of matter has become...
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE The scientist who lives laborious days in the disinterested pursuit of truth, the artist who will st...
NATHANIEL MICKLEM This concern for the rights and liberties and welfare of the backward peoples is rooted in the Chris...
NATHANIEL MICKLEM The idea of endless and limitless progress and development seems unsatisfying both philosophically a...
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