Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Quote

Most persons have died before they expire, — died to all earthly longings, so that the last breath is only, as it were, the locking of the door of the already deserted mansion.


Ch. XI. - The Professor at the Breakfast Table (1859)


Most persons have died before they expire, — died to all earthly longings, so that the last breath is only, as it were, the locking of the door of...

Most persons have died before they expire, — died to all earthly longings, so that the last breath is only, as it were, the locking of the door of...

Most persons have died before they expire, — died to all earthly longings, so that the last breath is only, as it were, the locking of the door of...

Most persons have died before they expire, — died to all earthly longings, so that the last breath is only, as it were, the locking of the door of...