In the end, death came ...

In the end, death came uniformly to all, and all extracted as much satisfaction from their dying as this essentially graceless process could afford.
In the end, death came uniformly to all, and all extracted as much satisfaction from their dying as this essentially graceless process could afford.
 Jack Vance

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Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.
Never complain and never explain.
A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.
 George S. Patton
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
 Robert Schuller
Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
 Harriet Beecher Stowe

Quotes from the same author

Freedom, privileges, options, must constantly be exercised, even at the risk of inconvenience.
 Jack Vance
There are no absolute certainties in this universe. A man must try to whip order into a yelping pack of probabilities, and uniform success is impossible.
 Jack Vance
The universe is eight billion years old, the last two billion of which have produced intelligent life. During this time not one hour of absolute equity has prevailed.
 Jack Vance
How to know, oh how to know! All is relative ease and facility in orthodoxy, yet how can it be denied that good is in itself undeniable? Absolutes are the most uncertain of all formulations, while the uncertainties are the most real.
 Jack Vance
I categorically declare first my absolute innocence, second my lack of criminal intent, and third my effusive apologies.
 Jack Vance