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Who knows but life be that which men call death,
And death what men call life?
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Old men's prayers for death are lying prayers, in which they abuse old age and long extent of life. But when death draws near, not one is willing to die, and age no longer is a burden to them.
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God, these old men!
How they pray for death! How heavy they find this life in the slow drag of days!
And yet, when Death comes near them,
You will not find one who will rise and walk with him, not one whose years are still a burden to him.
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What good can come from meeting death with tears? If a man Is sorry for himself, he doubles death.
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Death is what men want when the anguish of living is more than they can bear.
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Born:
480 BC
Died:
406 BC
(aged 74)
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