"More die from overeating than from undereating." ~~ Nachman of Bratslav
"God has created two worlds with a frontier between: one for deeds and the other for rewards." ~~ Penine Hamelitzot
"Trust not in your wealth until the day of your death." ~~ Wallach
"Charity delivers from death only when giver and recipient do not know the one who the other is. " ~~ Talmud, Sanhedrin
"A sage takes precedence over a king, for if a sage dies, we have no one like him, but if a king dies all Israel is eligible to succeed him." ~~ (based on) the Midrash
"Does a man know what day his end will come?" ~~ Talmud, Shabbat
"The dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God Who gave it. " ~~ Ecclesiastes (Kohelet) 12:7
"The talk of the child in the street is that of his father or mother at home." ~~ Talmud, Sotah
"Who can number the sands of the sea, and the rain-drips, and the days of eternity?" ~~ Ben Sira 1:2
"The origin of Man is eternity and to eternity he will return." ~~ Steinman
"When I die, if the word ‘thong’ appears in the first or second sentence of my obituary, I’ve screwed up." ~~ Albert Brooks
"Better an easy death than a hard life." ~~ Yiddish Proverb
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