First our pleasures die - and then Our hopes, and then our fears - and when These are dead, the debt is due, Dust claims dust - and we die too.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Life ends in death, so we first lose pleasures, then hopes, then fears.
- In plain terms
- First fun dies, then hope, then fear, then we die.
- What can you take from it?
- Everything fades away before death.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What matters most now?
- How do you face end?
Another view
Some people feel hope even near death.
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