Retirement and Death
Cortes resumed teaching at the University of the Philippines after her retirement from the Court. She was the first female Supreme Court Justice to die, passing away on October 28, 1996.
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Famous quotes containing the words retirement and/or death:
“He who comes into Assemblies only to gratifie his Curiosity, and not to make a Figure, enjoys the Pleasures of Retirement in a[n] ...exquisite Degree.”
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“It is not death therefore that is burdensome, but the fear of death.”
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