“Know that death comes to everyone, and that wealth will sometimes be acquired, sometimes lost.”
As quoted in Divine Harmony: The Life and Teachings of Pythagoras by John Strohmeier and Peter Westbrook. (1999)
The Golden Verses
Context: Know that death comes to everyone, and that wealth will sometimes be acquired, sometimes lost. Whatever griefs mortals suffer by divine chance, whatever destiny you have, endure it and do not complain. But it is right to improve it as much as you can, and remember this: Fate does not give very many of these griefs to good people.
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ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher -585–-495 BCRelated quotes
“Still, you must know that the fear of death is irrational; death comes to everyone.”
Robert J. Sawyer book Calculating God
Source: Calculating God (2000), Chapter 25 (p. 235)
Matthew Scully (1959) American political writer and speechwriter
Source: Dominion: The Power of Man, the Suffering of Animals, and the Call to Mercy
“Sometimes wealth and power merely created the desire for more of the same.”
Charles Sheffield book Proteus In The Underworld
Source: Behrooz Wolf (aka The Proteus Trilogy), Proteus In The Underworld (1995), Chapter 16 (p. 217)
“Death is sometimes kinder than Love.”
Rick Riordan book The House of Hades
Source: The House of Hades
“Sometimes the only answer to death is lunch.”
Jim Harrison (1937–2016) American novelist, poet, essayist
Source: Warlock
Stephen King book The Green Mile
Variant: We each owe a death, there are no exceptions, I know that, but sometimes, oh God, the Green Mile is so long.
Source: The Green Mile (1996)
