"Our birth is nothing but our death begun, As tapers waste the moment they take fire." ― Edward Young Topic(s): Death More From Edward Young "There is something about poetry beyond prose logic, there is mystery in it, not to be explained but admired." "The clouds may drop down titles and estates, and wealth may seek us, but wisdom must be sought." "Men may live fools, but fools they cannot die." More In Death "Movies like that aren’t about the visual effects and explosions. They’re human stories about family, about life, about death."― Orlando Bloom "Achieving life is not the equivalent of avoiding death."― Ayn Rand "The American people are not just being taxed to death; they’re being taxed after death. But, no one should have to sell the life’s work of a parent or a loved one just to pay the federal government."― J. D. Hayworth