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Death Quotes by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- When a man dies he clutches in his hands only that which he has given away during his lifetime.
- Socrates dies with honor, surrounded by his disciples listening to the most tender words -the easiest death that one could wish to die. Jesus dies…
- Yes, if the life and death of Socrates are those of a wise man, the life and death of Jesus are those of a god.
- The infant, on opening his eyes, ought to see his country, and to the hour of his death never lose sight of it.
- He who pretends to look upon death without fear, lies
- Absolute silence leads to sadness. It is the image of death.
- No true believer could be intolerant or a persecutor. If I were a magistrate and the law carried the death penalty against atheists, I would…
- In any case, frequent punishments are a sign of weakness or slackness in the government. There is no man so bad that he cannot be…
- I was not much afraid of punishment, I was only afraid of disgrace.But that I feared more than death, more than crime, more than anything…
- Teach him to live rather than to avoid death: life is not breath, but action, the use of our senses, our mind, our faculties, every…
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- Truth sits upon the lips of dying men. — Matthew Arnold
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- To save your world you asked this man to die; would this man, could he see you now, ask why? — Wystan Hugh Auden