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«The timing of death, like the ending of a story, gives a changed meaning to what preceded it.»
Author: Mary Catherine Bateson
| About:
Death and dying
| Keywords:
changed, ending, endings, End of time, preceded, preceding, story, timing
«Through loyalty to the past, our mind refuses to realize that tomorrow's joy is possible only if today's makes way for it; that each wave owes the beauty of its line only to the withdrawal of the preceding one.»
«The reputation of a man is like his shadow: it sometimes follows and sometimes precedes him, it is sometimes longer and sometimes shorter than his natural size»
«Spectacular achievement is always preceded by unspectacular preparation.»
Author: Robert H. Schuller
(Author, Entrepreneur, Reformed Church Minister)
| About:
Achievement
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achievement, preceded, preceding, preparation, spectacular, unspectacular
«To the last moment of his breath, On hope the wretch relies; And even the pang preceding death bids expectation rise»
Author: Oliver Goldsmith
(Dramatist, Essayist, Novelist, Poet)
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Expectation
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bids, pang, preceding, relies
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