It makes little difference to the dead, if they are buried in the tokens of luxury. It is … - Euripides

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We laugh and laugh, and nothing can ever be sad, no one can be lost, or dead, or far away: right now we are here, and nothing can mar our perfection, or steal the joy of this perfect moment.

Euripides

It makes little difference to the dead, if they are buried in the tokens of luxury. It is but an empty glorification left for those who live.

Buried, Differences, Left, Littles, Live, Luxury

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Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.

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Human misery must somewhere have a stop; there is no wind that always blows a storm; great good fortune comes to failure in the end. All is change; all yields its place and goes; to persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man. The coward despairs.

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Leave no stone unturned.

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The best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life, acknowledge the great powers around us and in us. If you can do that, and live that way, you are really a wise man.

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God in heaven has dominion Over so many events. He can frustrate what seems inevitable, And bring to pass the thing that you least expect.

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To assert that it is possible to establish peace between men of different nations is simply to assert that man, whatever his ethnical background, his race, religious beliefs, or philosophy, is capable of reason. Two forces within the individual contribute to the development of his conscience and of his morality: reason and sensitivity.

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Amartya Sen

Belonging to humanity is a great thing for us, and I think the schools can do it. So I think we can look after the quality of education on the school even as we expand the availability of schooling.

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Obsolescence is a factor which says that the new thing I bring you is worth more than the unused value of the old thing.

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Audrey Niffenegger

We laugh and laugh, and nothing can ever be sad, no one can be lost, or dead, or far away: right now we are here, and nothing can mar our perfection, or steal the joy of this perfect moment.

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Maureen O'Hara

I really wanted to be an opera soprano.

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