"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 "The weak have remedies, the wise have joys; superior wisdom is superior bliss." "Friendship’s the wine of life: but friendship new… is neither strong nor pure." "The maid that loves goes out to sea upon a shattered plank, and puts her trust in miracles for safety." More In Death "I don’t have any superstitions, but what I always travel with is my pillow and my coffee."― Natalie Coughlin "All those vitamins aren’t to keep death at bay, they’re to keep deterioration at bay."― Jeanne Moreau "It is vain for the coward to flee; death follows close behind; it is only by defying it that the brave escape."― Voltaire