“So now that he is buried, I want to see if I can hear his voice. Or if I cannot hear his, I'll try to hear my father's voice, or my grandfather's or my great-grandfather's. But in fact no one has ever risen from the grave, no one has ever told us what is done in the beyond. Let us enjoy life while we live, and if our…”
Augustine of Hippo, 5th c. — SERMON 361:6.6
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18Delicates poured upon a mouth shut up are as messes of meat set upon a grave.
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16There is no riches above a sound body, and no joy above the joy of the heart.
17Death is better than a bitter life or continual sickness.
— Sirach 30:18 —
19What good doeth the offering unto an idol? for neither can it eat nor smell: so is he that is persecuted of the Lord.
20He seeth with his eyes and groaneth, as an eunuch that embraceth a virgin and sigheth.