"Weep for the mourners and not for the dead, for he is gone to his rest and we are left to lament." ~~ Talmud, Mo’ed Qatan
"From dust you are, and to dust you shall return. " ~~ Genesis (Bereshit) 3:19
"Woe to him that toils all his life to comfort his heirs by his death!" ~~ Mishle Yehoshua
"Man dies of idleness—and boredom." ~~ Avot Derabbi Nathan, 11
"It was forbidden to break the Sabbath, even when David, king of Israel, died." ~~ Tosefta
"There is but one step between me and death. " ~~ First Samuel (Shmuel 1) 20:3
"There is no good thing in this world which will not be better in the next." ~~ Hegyon Hanefesh
"If a man is destined to drown, he will drown even in a spoonful of water." ~~ Yiddish Proverb
"If your time has not come, even the doctor will not succeed in killing you." ~~ Yiddish Proverb
"All the care in the world will not help you or save you from death." ~~ Tachkemoni
"Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die! " ~~ Jeremiah (Yirmeyahu) 23:13
"The righteous are greater in death than in life." ~~ Talmud, Hullin
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