"Jesu, Jesu, the mad days that I have spent! And to see how many of my old acquaintance are dead!"
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"Death, as the Psalmist saith, is certain to all, all shall die."
"Curse ruthless time! Curse our mortality. How cruelly short is the allotted span for all we must cram into it!"
"There is zero, and there is eternity, and there is mortality, but there is no ultimate."
"It is not about striving for immortality, but about accepting mortality."
"Each of us is merely a small instrument; all of us, after accomplishing our mission, will disappear."
"This is to be mortal, And seek the things beyond mortality."