“Even at our birth, death does but stand aside a little. And every day he looks towards us and muses somewhat to himself whether that day or the next he will draw nigh.”
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A pun does not commonly justify a blow in return. But if a blow were given for such cause, and death ensued, the jury would be judges both of the facts and of the pun, and might, if the latter were of an aggravated character, return a verdict of justifiable homicide.
The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn't get worse every time Congress meets.
What you possess in the world will be found at the day of your death to belong to someone else. But what you are will be yours forever.
Achieving life is not the equivalent of avoiding death.