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John Donne

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When my mouth shall be filled with dust, and the worm shall feed, and feed sweetly upon me, when the ambitious man shall have no satisfaction if the poorest alive tread upon him, nor the poorest receive any contentment in being made equal to princes, for they shall be equal but in dust.
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XXVI Sermons, No. 26, Death's Duel, last sermon, February 15, 1631.

 
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