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Dies Quote by Ruth Benedict

“... oh, I long to prove myself by writing! The best seems to die in me when I give it up. It is the self I love--not this efficient, philanthropic self.” quote by Ruth Benedict — Download Open image

“... oh, I long to prove myself by writing! The best seems to die in me when I give it up. It is the self I love--not this efficient, philanthropic self.”

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That old man dies prematurely whose memory records no benefits conferred. They only have lived long who have lived virtuously.

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I don't want to just die a normal death, I wanna be killed twice.

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My father thrives on fear. You know that prayer If I should die before I wake? I had sheets that said that!

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For the glory born of Goodness Never dies, And its flag is not half-masted In the skies.

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