Death, the only immortal who treats us all alike, whose pity and whose peace and whose refuge are for all - the soiled and the pure, the rich and the poor, the loved and the unloved.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Death is portrayed as a great equalizer that offers peace to everyone regardless of their status or moral standing in life.
- In plain terms
- Death treats everyone the same and gives peace to rich and poor alike.
- What can you take from it?
- Death is the one thing that treats everyone equally.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What comfort can be found in the inevitability of death?
- Does death make life fair?
Another view
It assumes death brings peace which is not universally accepted.
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