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Death is so genuine a fact that it excludes falsehoods, or betrays its emptiness; it is a touchstone that proves the gold, and dishonors the baser metal.

Nathaniel Hawthorne
Death, Gold, Facts
Nathaniel Hawthorne (2001). “The House of the Seven Gables”, p.367, Applewood Books
Death is so genuine a fact that it excludes falsehoods, or betrays its emptiness; it is a touchstone that proves the gold, and dishonors the baser metal.