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Thomas de Quincey has 44 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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Allow me to offer my congratulations on the truly admirable skill you have shown in keeping clear of the mark. Not to…
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It is most absurdly said, in popular language, of any man, that he is disguised in liquor; for, on the contrary, most…
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The peace of nature and of the innocent creatures of god seems to be secure and deep, only so long as the…
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Tea, though ridiculed by those who are naturally coarse in their nervous sensibilities will always be the favorite beverage of the intellectual.
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Flowers that are so pathetic in their beauty, frail as the clouds, and in their coloring as gorgeous as the heavens, had…
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Mathematics has not a foot to stand upon which is not purely metaphysical.
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Thou hast the keys of Paradise, oh, just, subtle, and mighty opium!
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I stood checked for a moment - awe, not fear, fell upon me - and whist I stood, a solemn wind began…
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Rightly it is said of utter, utter misery, that it 'cannot be remembered'; itself, being a rememberable thing, is swallowed up in…
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All is finite in the present; and even that finite is infinite in it velocity of flight towards death. But in God…
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Flowers that are so pathetic in their beauty, frail as the clouds, and in their coloring as gorgeous as the heavens, had…
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Nobody will laugh long who deals much with opium: its pleasures even are of a grave and solemn complexion.
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We get into the habit of living before acquiring the habit of thinking. In that race which daily hastens us towards death,…
— Albert Camus
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To be born is to start the journey towards death.
— Madeleine L'Engle
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The greatest mystery in life is not life itself, but death. Death is the culmination of life, the ultimate blossoming of life.…
— Rajneesh
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Laughter. Yes, laughter is the Zen attitude towards death and towards life too, because life and death are not separate. Whatsoever is…
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We are all racing towards death. No matter how many great, intellectual conclusions we draw during our lives, we know they're all…
— John Hurt
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All is finite in the present; and even that finite is infinite in it velocity of flight towards death. But in God…
— Thomas de Quincey
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I will be dying and so will you, and so will everyone here. That's what I want to explore. We're all hurtling…
— Charlie Kaufman
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Oh and I thought, as i was dressing, how interesting it would be to describe the approach of age, and the gradual…
— Virginia Woolf
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We do not know whether it is good to live or to die. Therefore, we should not take delight in living, nor…
— Mahatma Gandhi
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Why, Creator must it all reach man through the lie of Knowledge as long as it is not given so that man…
— Sorin Cerin
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Our train is heading towards death, and we are worried about life.
— Unknown Author
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We have to distinguish two classes of instincts, one of which, the sexual instincts or Eros, is by far the more conspicuous…
— Sigmund Freud
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