"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
"Man who is merely a breath, whose life fades like a passing shadow." ~~ Psalms 144:4
"Three things have a faint savor of the world to come: Sabbath, the sun and married love." ~~ Talmud, Berakhot
"The man who cannot survive bad times will not see good times." ~~ Hasidic Proverb
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