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We die of too much life.


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Aye, aye! and I'll chase him round Good Hope, and round the Horn, and round the Norway Maelstrom, and round perdition's flames before I give him up.



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This page presents the quote "We die of too much life.". Author of this quote is Herman Melville. This quote is about too much, death, life,.