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title: "3 Death Lightly Quotes by 2 authors"
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> [People take death lightly. They expect too much of life. That is why people take death lightly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/people-take-death-lightly-they-expect-too-much-of-life-that-is-why/)

[Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/)

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> [“How can you treat death so lightly?" she asks. "Because it happens," he replies. "It is inevitable. I do not mourn the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/how-can-you-treat-death-so-lightly-she-asks-because-it-happens-he/)

[Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/)

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> [Why do the people think so little of death? Because the rulers demand too much of life. Therefore the people take death…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/why-do-the-people-think-so-little-of-death-because-the-rulers-demand/)

[Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/)

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