"Life is the desert, life the solitude, death joins us to the great majority." ― Edward Young Topic(s): Death More From Edward Young "Our birth is nothing but our death begun, As tapers waste the moment they take fire." "Less base the fear of death than fear of life." "The weak have remedies, the wise have joys; superior wisdom is superior bliss." More In Death "Death is softer by far than tyranny."― Aeschylus "Benjamin Franklin said there were only two things certain in life: death and taxes. But I’d like to add a third certainty: trash. And while some in this room might want to discuss reducing taxes, I want to talk about reducing trash."― Ruth Ann Minner "Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely."― Buddha