Francis Bacon on Death
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“Death is a friend of ours; and he that is not ready to entertain him is not at home.”
“It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is as painful as the other.”
“Men fear death, as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales, so is the other.”
“It is worthy the observing, that there is no passion in the mind of man, so weak, but it mates, and masters, the fear of death; and therefore, death is no such terrible enemy, when a man hath so many attendants about him, that can win the combat of him. Revenge triumphs over death; love slights it; honor aspireth to it; grief flieth to it; fear preoccupieth it.”