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> # Be, beget, begone.

[William Saroyan](https://quotesby.net/William-Saroyan)\#122

[Life](https://quotesby.net/William-Saroyan/life/)[Death](https://quotesby.net/William-Saroyan/death/)[Creation](https://quotesby.net/William-Saroyan/creation/)[Legacy](https://quotesby.net/William-Saroyan/legacy/)[Departure](https://quotesby.net/topics/departure/)

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## About this quote

What does it mean?A brief command to exist, create, and depart, suggesting a cycle of life.In plain termsExist, create offspring, and then leave.What can you take from it?Live, create, and let go in order.

### Where it applies

- parenting
- legacy planning
- philosophical reflection

### Putting it to work

- live fully
- pass something on
- accept ending

### Questions to consider

- What is the right order to life?
- How do you let go?

### Another view

The brevity oversimplifies the complexity of human relationships.

## More from William Saroyan

1. > I had three secrets and sold them all.

[Permalink to quote \#121](https://quotesby.net/William-Saroyan/121/ "Permalink to quote 121")
2. > We know more than we need to know.

[Permalink to quote \#123](https://quotesby.net/William-Saroyan/123/ "Permalink to quote 123")
3. > Jim Dandy waves his stick over and around about the rock in a meaningless-meaningful way.

[Permalink to quote \#120](https://quotesby.net/William-Saroyan/120/ "Permalink to quote 120")

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