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There is a sentence tough for me. Ask for help
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Jayking512  #231321  Thu, 01 Jun 06 09:33 AM
A man's dying is more the survivors' affair than his own.
---------Thomas Mann
  
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nona the brit  #231326  Thu, 01 Jun 06 09:40 AM
It means that a death affects the family and friends of that person more than the person (once you are dead you are dead, but they have to deal with all the grief and suffering afterwards).
  
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