Anton Chekhov: To regard one’s immortality as an exchange of matter is as strange as predicting the future of a violin case once the ex

To regard one’s immortality as an exchange of matter is as strange as predicting — Anton Chekhov

To regard one’s immortality as an exchange of matter is as strange as predicting the future of a violin case once the expensive violin it held has broken and lost its worth.

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As for a future life, every man must judge for himself between conflicting vague — Charles Darwin
Mueren muchos más de los confiados que de los recatados. — Miguel de Cervantes
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One who forsakes truth earns eternal damnation. — Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib
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So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man, When Duty whispers low, — Ralph Waldo Emerson