Death doesn't affect the living because it has not happened yet. Death doesn't concern the dead because they have ceased to exist.
More from William Somerset Maugham
An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones.
Permalink to quote #119 Have common sense and stick to the point.
Permalink to quote #121 At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.
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