“There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.”
- Date
- 1922
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.
Where does it come from?
Soliloquies in England, “War Shrines”; the sentence follows a contrast between strained worldliness and a more festive acceptance of life.