“One of the greatest delusions of the average man is to forget that life is death's prisoner.”
On the Heights of Despair (1934)
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Romanian philosopher and essayist 1911–1995Related quotes

Antithesis
The Note-Books of Samuel Butler (1912), Part IV - Memory and Design

“Life-and-death. Lifedeath. One event. One short event. Don’t forget.”
All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten (1986)

On Pity
Alain On Happiness (1928)
Context: One must preach life, not death; spread hope, not fear and cultivate joy, man's most valuable treasure. That is the secret of the greatest of the wise, and it wil be the light of tomorrow. Passions are sad. Hatred is sad. Joy destroys passions and hatred. Let us begin by telling ourselves that sadness is never noble, beautiful or useful.

“Man reckons with immortality, and forgets to reckon with death.”
Source: Immortality
“The greatest tragedy in life is not death, but a life without a purpose.”