A man may be born, but in order to be born he must first die, and in order to die he must first awake.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Man has but three events in his life: to be born, to live, and to die. He is not conscious of his birth, he suffers at his death and he forgets to live.
A dying man needs to die, as a sleepy man needs to sleep, and there comes a time when it is wrong, as well as useless, to resist.
A man that is born falls into a dream like a man who falls into the sea. If he tries to climb out into the air as inexperienced people endeavor to do, he drowns.
A man should be mourned at his birth, not at his death.
In other words, the man who is born into existence deals first with language; this is a given. He is even caught in it before his birth.
For a man who has done his natural duty, death is as natural as sleep.
To be awake is to be alive.
We are born, so to speak, twice over; born into existence, and born into life; born a human being, and born a man.
Man is born to live and not to prepare to live.
There are only three events in a man's life; birth, life, and death; he is not conscious of being born, he dies in pain, and he forgets to live.