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To die completely, a person must not only forget but be forgotten, and he who is not forgotten is not dead.

Samuel Butler

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Samuel Butler (December 4, 1835 – June 18, 1902) was a British satirist, most famous for his novels Erewhon and The Way of All Flesh.

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If I die prematurely, at any rate I shall be saved from being bored by my own success.

To die completely, a person must not only forget but be forgotten, and he who is not forgotten is not dead. - Samuel Butler

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