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There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.
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“There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.”

George Santayana

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Soliloquies in England and Later Soliloquies
Date
1922
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Meaning of “There is no cure for birth and death…”

Mortality cannot be eliminated, so the practical answer is to make conscious use of the finite span between beginning and end.

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Soliloquies in England, “War Shrines”; the sentence follows a contrast between strained worldliness and a more festive acceptance of life.

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