Birth is the beginning of death

Birth is the beginning of death

Our birth is nothing but our death begun, As tapers waste the moment they take fire.

Our birth is nothing but our death begun, As tapers waste the moment they take fire.

Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery.

Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery.

The fate of nations is intimately bound up with their powers of reproduction. All nations and all empires first felt read more

The fate of nations is intimately bound up with their powers of reproduction. All nations and all empires first felt decadence gnawing at them when their birth rate fell off.

Why is it that we rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? It is because we are not read more

Why is it that we rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? It is because we are not the person involved.

Somewhere on this globe, every ten seconds, there is a woman giving birth to a child. She must be found read more

Somewhere on this globe, every ten seconds, there is a woman giving birth to a child. She must be found and stopped.

Youth is not a question of years: one is young or old from birth.

Youth is not a question of years: one is young or old from birth.

Birth and death are not two different states, but they are different aspects of the same state. There is as read more

Birth and death are not two different states, but they are different aspects of the same state. There is as little reason to deplore the one as there is to be pleased over the other.

Born to be wild -- live to outgrow it.

Born to be wild -- live to outgrow it.