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Death is not nearer to the aged than to the new-born; neither is life.
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If indeed you must be candid, be candid beautifully; otherwise keep silent, for there is a man in our neighborhood who is dying.
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Mayhap a funeral among men is a wedding feast among the angels.
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A forgotten reality may die and leave in its will seven thousand actualities and facts to be spent in its funeral and the building of a tomb.
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