I know how vain it is to gild a grief with words, and yet I wish to take from every grave its fear. Here in this world, where life and death are equal things, all should be brave enough to meet what all the dead have met. The future has been filled with fear, stained and polluted by the heartless past.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Grief should be faced bravely without words to mask it, and the future shouldn't be poisoned by past fear.
- In plain terms
- Be brave to meet death; do not fear the future.
- What can you take from it?
- Courage is better than hiding grief with words.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you face grief?
- Why do we fear death?
Another view
It minimizes the comfort words sometimes provide.
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