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Man should ever look to his last day, and no one should be called happy before his funeral. [Lat., Ultima semper Expectanda… — Ovid Copy Share Image
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![“[F]or us, death is stronger than life, it pulls like a wind through the dark, all our cries burlesqued in joyless laugther; and with the garbage of liveliness stuffed down us untill our guts burst bleeding green, we go screaming round the world, dying, in our rented rooms, nightmare hotels…” quote by Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4c/truman-capote-376_cries_f-or-us-death-is-stronger-than-life-it-p_3103961.jpg)
![“Man should ever look to his last day, and no one should be called happy before his funeral. [Lat., Ultima semper Expectanda dies homini est, dicique beatus Ante obitum nemo et suprema funera debet.]” quote by Ovid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d5/ovid-276_death_man-should-ever-look-to-his-last-day-and_1443423.png)
