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What does it mean?
A blunt statement of the inevitability of death.
In plain terms
Everyone will die eventually.
What can you take from it?
Accepting mortality helps prioritize what matters.

Where it applies

  • philosophical talk
  • dark humor
  • reflection

Putting it to work

  • dark comedy
  • mortality reminder

Questions to consider

  • How do you face death?
  • Why do we ignore it?

Another view

It is obvious and offers no new insight.

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