"He mourns the dead who lives as they desire."

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“An undevout astronomer is mad.”

“How blessings brighten as they take their flight!”

“In youth, what disappointments of our own making: in age, what disappointments from the nature of things.”

“A friend is worth all hazards we can run.”

“To frown at pleasure, and to smile in pain.”

“Virtue alone has majesty in death.”

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"I am a big believer that you have to nourish any relationship. I am still very much a part of my friends' lives and they are very much a part of my life. A First Lady who does not have this source of …"

— Nancy Reagan

Politics1921–2016

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"“You and I can have a tremendous impact on the job performance of the people around us—but more importantly, we can have an impact on their entire lives. It could happen during a five-minute conversat…"

— Don Soderquist

Music1934–2016

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"I try to rediscover why that object exists at all, and why one should take the trouble to reconsider It. I don't consider the technical or commercial parameters so much as the desire for a dream that …"

— Philippe Starck

1949

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