Death is the veil which those who live call life; They sleep, and it is lifted.
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Percy Bysshe Shelley Quote
“We look before and after, And pine for what is not; Our sincerest laughter With some pain is fraught; Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.”
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