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  2. List of English-language expressions related to death

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    Also short for mercenary: Murder Death Kill (MDK) Homicide TV/Movie From 1993 film Demolition Man: Night The state of death Euphemism From the poem by Dylan Thomas, "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night." Not long for this world [1] Will die soon; have little time left to live Old-fashioned Not with us anymore Dead Euphemistic: Off on a boat ...

  3. La petite mort - Wikipedia

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    The term "little death", a direct translation of la petite mort, can also be used in English to essentially the same effect. Specifically, it is defined as "a state or event resembling or prefiguring death ; a weakening or loss of consciousness, specifically in sleep or during an orgasm ," [ 2 ] a nearly identical definition to that of the ...

  4. Do not go gentle into that good night - Wikipedia

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    Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light. And you, my father, there on the sad height, Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray. Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light. [7]

  5. Memento mori - Wikipedia

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    Roman Krznaric suggests memento mori is an important topic to bring back into our thoughts and belief system; "Philosophers have come up with lots of what I call 'death tasters' – thought experiments for seizing the day." These thought experiments are powerful to get us re-oriented back to death into current awareness and living with spontaneity.

  6. 38 Best Dumbledore Quotes From 'Harry Potter' - AOL

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    Behold, below we've gathered 38 of the best Dumbledore quotes about life, love, friendship, Muggles, and, of course, magic. Related: 'Harry Potter' Actor Michael Gambon Dead at 82. Dumbledore ...

  7. Give me liberty or give me death! - Wikipedia

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    Patrick Henry's "Give me liberty, or give me death!" speech, depicted in an 1876 lithograph by Currier and Ives and now housed in the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. " Give me liberty or give me death! " is a quotation attributed to American politician and orator Patrick Henry from a speech he made to the Second Virginia Convention on ...

  8. List of last words - Wikipedia

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    [15]: 95 To judge by what I now endure, the hand of death grasps me sharply." [11]: 140 [15]: 95 — Salvator Rosa, Italian artist and poet (15 March 1673), when asked how he was "Death is the great key that opens the palace of Eternity." [77] — John Milton, English poet and intellectual (8 November 1674) Death of the Viscount of Turenne.

  9. Luke Short - Wikipedia

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    Short was 39 at the time of his death. Short's funeral took place in Fort Worth on September 10, 1893. Carriages in a line more than a mile long followed Short's body to Oakwood Cemetery in Fort Worth. Short had purchased a gravestone shortly before his death. It is a plain, upright marker simply inscribed: L. L. SHORT 1854 – 1893.