"All men are equal when they are underground." ~~ Traditional Proverb
"One dies in perfect prosperity, wholly at ease and secure. . .Another in bitterness of soul, with never a taste of good. " ~~ Job (Iyov) 21:23-25
"Repent the day before you die [which means every day, for who knows the day of his death]. " ~~ Rabbi Eliezer, Avot 2:10
"A man may die even without a doctor." ~~ Yiddish Proverb
"My doctor gave me six months to live but when I couldn’t pay his bill gave me six months more. " ~~ Walter Matthau
"A man whose first wife dies is as though the Temple was destroyed in his lifetime. " ~~ Talmud, Sanhedrin
"As the Angel of Death is licensed to destroy, he does not trouble to distinguish between righteous and wicked." ~~ Talmud, Bava Qamma
"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
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