death
n. Life's only certainty.
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n. A legal form of Tax evasion for wealthy people.
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Cynical Quotations
In the long run we are all dead.
— John Maynard Keynes
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Life isn't fair. It's just fairer than death, that's all.
— William Goldman
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Birth to the butterfly looks like death to the caterpillar.
— Unknown
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The wages of sin is death, but so is the salary of virtue.
— Unknown
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The wages of sin are death, but by the time taxes are taken out, it's just sort of a tired feeling.
— Paula Poundstone
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A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic.
— Joseph Stalin
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We seem to believe it is possible to ward off death by following rules of good grooming.
— Don Delillo
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Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.
— Isaac Asimov
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For three days after death hair and fingernails continue to grow but telemarketing calls taper off.
— Jonny Carson
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Those who welcome death have only tried it from the ears up.
— Wilson Mizner
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Is there life after birth?
— Guy Smith
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Death is one of the few things that can be done just as easily lying down.
— Woody Allen
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What can you say about a society that says that God is dead and Elvis is alive?
— Irv Kupcinet
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Even very young children need to be informed about dying. Explain the concept of death very carefully to your child. This will make threatening him with it much more effective.
— P.J. O'Rourke
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May you have the good fortune to die on a slow news day.
— Guy Smith
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Death is the only goal one can achieve without help, and even then you occasionally receive unwanted assistance.
— Guy Smith
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To be willing to die for an idea is to set a rather high price on conjecture.
— Anatole France
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Amazingly, most people are not ready to die despite having prepared for it their entire lives.
— Guy Smith
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