“We trouble our life by thoughts about death, and our death by thoughts about life.”
Michel De Montaigne (1533–1592) (1533-1592) French-Occitan author, humanistic philosopher, statesman
Source: The Essays: A Selection
“Our life is made by the death of others.”
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), XIV Anatomy, Zoology and Physiology
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