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Thoughts on... death“It is as natural to die
as to be born; and to a
little infant, perhaps,
the one is as painful
as the other.”
Francis Bacon“Nobody, sir, dies
willingly.”
Aristophanes“How do you know that it
is bad to be dead?”
Zhuangzi“Every breath you take is
a step towards death.”
Ali bin Abi Talib“I am about to take my
last voyage, a great
leap in the dark.”
Thomas Hobbes“Most people would rather
die than think; many do.”
Bertrand Russell′′My death will not
reunite us.′′
Simone de Beauvoir“No man can have a
peaceful life who
thinks too much about
lengthening it.”
Seneca
“To desire immortality
for the individual is
really the same as
wanting to perpetuate
an error forever.”
Arthur Schopenhauer“Call no man happy till
he is dead.”
Aeschylus“Come on baby, don’t fear
the reaper.”
Donald Roeser (Blue Oyster Cult)“Death is a black camel,
which kneels at the
gates of all.”
Abd-el-Kader