Tag:Death
Some things are more precious because they don’t last long. Oscar Wilde, “The Portrait of Dorian Grey”
“I counted my years and found that I have less time to live from here on than I have lived up to now.I feel like that child who won a packet of sweets: he ate the first with pleasure, but when he realized that there were few left, he began to enjoy them intensely. I no longer have time for endless meetings where statutes, rules, procedures and internal regulations are discussed, knowing that nothing will be achieved. I no longer […]
A greedy man once yearned for more, so the fool began to borrow.He ate and drank and told the bank, “I’ll pay the debt tomorrow.”But as both dolt and purse grew fat, the calendar grew thinner.The debt collector had enough and hungered for his dinner.The coward ran, with coin in hand, but come dawn, lost his breath.The fool was caught, ’twas all for naught, for the collector’s name was Death.
