"All interest in disease and death is only another expression of interest in life." ― Thomas Mann Topic(s): Good Tags: disease, interest More From Thomas Mann "It is love, not reason, that is stronger than death." "Solitude gives birth to the original in us, to beauty unfamiliar and perilous – to poetry. But also, it gives birth to the opposite: to the perverse, the illicit, the absurd." "War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace." More In Good "A good compromise, a good piece of legislation, is like a good sentence; or a good piece of music. Everybody can recognize it. They say, ‘Huh. It works. It makes sense.’"― Barack Obama "Joyfulness keeps the heart and face young. A good laugh makes us better friends with ourselves and everybody around us."― Orison Swett Marden "A liar should have a good memory."― Quintilian