“The only truly consistent are the dead.”
“Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are the dead.”
“Only the forgotten are truly dead.”
“The poor man is incapacitated from showing the virtue of generosity to anyone, though he may possess it in the highest degree; and gratitude that consists of disposition only is a dead thing, just as faith without works is dead.”
“Without passion we'd truly be dead.”
“The dead person is not truly dead until the last person who rememebers them dies.”