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"The Beauty of Death"
He who deems death to be lovely, as Joseph, gives up his soul in ransom for it; he who deems it to be like the wolf, turns back from the path of salvation.
Everyone's death is of the same quality as himself, my son: to the enemy of God an enemy, to the friend of God a friend...
Your fear of death is really fear of yourself: see what it is from which you are fleeing!
'Tis your own ugly face, not the visage of death: your spirit is like the tree, death like the leaf.
-- Rumi
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