"It was forbidden to break the Sabbath, even when David, king of Israel, died." ~~ Tosefta
"If a man’s wife dies and he has grown-up children, let him not remarry till he marry them off! " ~~ Genesis (Bereshit) R.
"All men have the one entrance into life and the one exit." ~~ Wisdom of Solomon 7:6
"To perish by the sword is worse than a natural death, to die of hunger worse still, and captivity worst of all." ~~ Talmud, Bava Batra
"Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live." ~~ Norman Cousins
"All go to one place: all are from the dust and all turn to dust again. " ~~ Ecclesiastes (Kohelet) 3:20
"Man who is merely a breath, whose life fades like a passing shadow." ~~ Psalms 144:4
"A favor done to the dead is an honest one. " ~~ Genesis (Bereshit) R.
"Woe to him that lives as a pauper to die rich!" ~~ Mishle Yehoshua
"Do not be joyful almong the mourners!" ~~ Mishle Agur
"If your time has not come, even the doctor will not succeed in killing you." ~~ Yiddish Proverb
"Man enters the world with closed hands, as if to say, “The world is mine”; he leaves with open hands, as if to say, “I take nothing with me.”" ~~ Midrash Ecclesiastes R. 5:14
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