Quote#Death
Have you found your life distasteful?
Quote byRobert Browning · 1812–1889
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "At the 'Mermaid'" (1876).
English (original)
Have you found your life distasteful? My life did and does smack sweet. Was your youth of pleasure wasteful? Mine I save and hold complete. Do your joys with age diminish? When mine fail me, I'll complain. Must in death your daylight finish? My sun sets to rise again.
— Robert Browning
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