We hope to grow old, and yet we fear old age; that is, we are willing to live, and afraid to die.
Also attributed to: Jean De La Bruyere
We long for old age yet fear it, willing to live but afraid to die.
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But few men die of old age. Almost all die of disappointment, passionate, mental, or bodily toil, or accident. The passi…
— Unknown
I shouldn't be here. I should have died more than once. But God saw through a bigger purpose because what transpired sta…
— Unknown
Most men die, before they get ready to live.
— Unknown
Death is more universal than life; everyone dies, but not everyone lives.
— A. Sachs
We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.
— George Bernard Shaw
As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death.
— Leonardo da Vinci
