George A. Moore

Some men spend their lives watching bees and ants, noting down the habits of these insects; my pleasure is to watch the human mind, noting how unselfish instincts rise to the surface and sink back again, making way for selfish instincts, each equally necessary, for the world would perish were it to become entirely selfish or entirely unselfish.

Irish Novelist

Walter Scott

The race of mankind would perish did they cease to aid each other. We cannot exist without mutual help. All therefore that need aid have a right to ask it from their fellow-men; and no one who has the power of granting can refuse it without guilt.

Scottish Novelist

Hilaire Belloc

When friendship disappears then there is a space left open to that awful loneliness of the outside world which is like the cold space between the planets. It is an air in which men perish utterly.

English Poet

Bernice King

What I'm trying to do is fulfill what my father said, which is, 'We have to find a way to live together as brothers and sisters, or together we're going to perish as fools.

American

Epicurus

If God listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever praying for evil against one another.

Greek Philosopher

William Lloyd Garrison

If nations perish, it is not because of their devotion to liberty, but for their disregard of its requirements.

American Journalist

Mary Wollstonecraft

Surely something resides in this heart that is not perishable - and life is more than a dream.

British Writer

Henry Vaughan

Caesar had perished from the world of men, had not his sword been rescued by his pen.

Welsh Poet

Anatole France

Without lies humanity would perish of despair and boredom.

French Novelist

J. Robert Oppenheimer

The peoples of this world must unite or they will perish.

American Physicist

Use for unexpected, often large-scale loss of life, not individual death.

Sudden Tragedy

Often used for historical events with many deaths, like natural disasters or battles.

Historic Disasters

Rarely used for animals dying; typically reserved for human deaths.

Not for Animals

Used for things that naturally decay, like food or organic materials.

Natural Materials

Describes the process of degradation over time, not instantaneous spoiling.

Deterioration Over Time

Indicates that something decayed due to unsuitable conditions.

Wrong Conditions

Applied to elements of culture such as languages, customs, or traditions that disappear.

Culture and History

Things that fade due to the passage of time, not items physically lost.

Lost with Time

Refers to ideas or memories that are no longer remembered or considered.

Forgotten Ideas

 These highly evolved beings want to trade DNA by breeding with humans so that each species’ genes can diversify and fortify the other. The only alternative they offer is sterilization of the entire human race. Should humanity take the leap into the biological unknown, or hold on to its identity and perish?

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 will perish. Ultimately, with the passage of years, the survivors will increase in size, from that of a dinner plate at year one to that of a dinner table, in the case of one species at least, the leatherback, a decade or so later. With size comes some measure of protection.

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 to free her from the vehicle. However, she perished prior to freeing her. I believed what you saw in the when you're in those last moments that it's strictly terror, fear. I have come to realize, regardless of the circumstance, it's generally met with peace and acceptance,

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 For example, making the food more acidic unravels enzymes that microbes need to survive. And some types of bacteria can actually help. For thousands of years, people preserved food using bacteria that produce lactic acid. The acid turns perishable vegetables and milk

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 for her brood keeping the eggs free from debris and protecting them from predation she sends her incubating young at great cost however for going food and ultimately perishing soon after the young have hatched her life the price of

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 have perished attempting it Kevin and I would be the first journalists ever to tackle this hiking lunacy we plan to complete our mission over a year watching the seasons change and teaming up with Hardin Canyon veterans help us

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 because if we don't, we will wake up tomorrow in a sanitized world, where any form of satire and political cartooning becomes impossible. Because, when political pressure meets political correctness, freedom of speech perishes.

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 Otherwise it will cease to flourish. It will perish in its own self-absorption. So you may use your power to build walls and keep people outside,

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 The things we make have one supreme quality -- they live longer than us. We perish, they survive; we have one life, they have many lives,

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 many painted ladies perish on their journey

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