““Thank you very much, sir,” said Beth with nothing resembling actual gratitude.”
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“Nothing resembles a person as much as the way he dies.”
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Context: It is venturesome to think that a coordination of words (philosophies are nothing more than that) can resemble the universe very much. It is also venturesome to think that of all these illustrious coordinations, one of them — at least in an infinitesimal way — does not resemble the universe a bit more than the others.
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Shi'ite Hadith
Muhammad
(570–632) Arabian religious leader and the founder of Islam
Sunni Hadith
Context: It has been narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: One who died but did not fight in the way of Allah nor did he express any desire (or determination) for Jihad died the death of a hypocrite.
“If no one knows when a person is going to die, how can we say he died prematurely?”
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