The idea is to die young as late as possible.

—Ashley Montagu

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About Ashley Montagu

Portrait of Ashley Montagu

Montague Francis Ashley-Montagu (born Israel Ehrenberg; June 28, 1905 – November 26, 1999) was a British-American anthropologist who popularized the study of topics such as race and gender and their relation to politics and development. He was the rapporteur, in 1950, for the UNESCO "statement on race".

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The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us.

—Ashley Montagu

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The cultured man is an artist, an artist in humanity.

—Ashley Montagu

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My mother thought it would make us feel better to know that animals had no souls, and thus their deaths were not to be taken seriously. But it didn't help, and when I think of some of the animals I have known, I wonder. The only really "soulful" eyes in the world belong to the dog or cat who sits on your lap or at your feet, commiserating when you cry.

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Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.

—George Bernard Shaw

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But in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.

—Benjamin Franklin

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If you don't have any money, the problem is food. When you have money, it's sex. When you have both, it's health. If everything is simply jake, then you're frightened of death.

—J. P. Donleavy

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I am against using death as a punishment. I am also against using it as a reward.

—Stanislaw J. Lec

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