I'd rather die while I'm living then live while I'm dead.

I'd rather die while I'm living then live while I'm dead.

One who rushes madly after inordinate desire, runs the risk of encountering destruction and death.

One who rushes madly after inordinate desire, runs the risk of encountering destruction and death.

A man's dying is more the survivors' affair than his own.

A man's dying is more the survivors' affair than his own.

When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced.
Live you life in a manner so that when you read more

When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced.
Live you life in a manner so that when you die the world cries and you rejoice.

All say, "How hard it is that we have to die" - a strange complaint to come from the mouths read more

All say, "How hard it is that we have to die" - a strange complaint to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.

If God hath made this world so fair,
Where sin and death abound,
How beautiful beyond compare
Will paradise be read more

If God hath made this world so fair,
Where sin and death abound,
How beautiful beyond compare
Will paradise be found!.

From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them and that is eternity.

From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them and that is eternity.

The idea is to die young as late as possible.

The idea is to die young as late as possible.

Death is the last enemy: once we've got past that I think everything will be alright.

Death is the last enemy: once we've got past that I think everything will be alright.