Tis the wink of an eye, 'tis the draught of a breath,
From the blossom of health to the paleness of death,
From the gilded saloon to the bier and the shroud-
Oh! why should the spirit of mortal be proud?
Tags: poetry philosophy death poem poets mortality pride
Life is only precious because it ends, kid.
Rick RiordanTags: mortality
Every soldier in the course of time exists only in the breath of written word.
Ivan DoigPerhaps one has to have placed life in the center of one’s worldview and valued it as much as I have in order to know that one may not keep it, but must yield it up.
Georg SimmelTags: mortality philosophical
Whatever condition we are in, we must always do what we want to do, and if we want to go on a journey, then we must do so and not worry about our condition, even if it's the worst possible condition, because, if it is, we're finished anyway, whether we go on the journey or not, and it's better to die having made the journey we're been longing for than to be stifled by our longing.
Thomas BernhardTags: mortality aspirations illness longevity carefree
Dès que Séraphine l'a laissé seul, Gontran se jette à genoux au pied du lit ; il enfonce son front dans les draps, mais ne parvient pas à pleurer ; aucun élan ne soulève son cœur. Ses yeux désespérément restent secs. Alors il se relève. Il regarde ce visage impassible. Il voudrait, en ce moment solennel, éprouver je ne sais quoi de sublime et de rare, écouter une communication de l'au-delà, lancer sa pensée dans des régions éthérées,suprasensibles - mais elle reste accrochée, sa pensée, au ras du sol. Il regarde les mains exsangues du mort, et se demande combien de temps encore les ongles continueront de pousser.
André GideTags: mortality
To Suspect your Own Mortality is to Know the Beginning of Terror; To Learn Irrefutably that you are mortal is to Know the End of Terror.
Frank HerbertYes, man is mortal, but that would be only half the trouble. The worst of it is that he's sometimes unexpectedly mortal—there's the trick!
Mikhail BulgakovTags: mortality
Pride and power fall when the person falls, but discoveries of truth form legacies that can be built upon for generations.
Criss JamiTags: motivational inspirational truth future power death mortality encouragement discovery pride immortality generations legacy building
A life is not a waste of time
Nalini SinghTags: life time death patience mortality waste gratefulness
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