"For the fate of sons of men and the fate of beasts is the same; as one dies, so dies the other. They all have the same breath, and man has no advantage over the beasts; for all is vanity. All go to one place; all are from dust and all turn to dust again."
— Ecclesiastes 3:19-20
"Life is a maze in which we take the wrong turning before we have learnt to walk."
— Cyril Connolly, writing as Palinurus
"In the fact of being born there is such an absence of necessity that when you think about it a little more than usual, you are left—ignorant how to react—with a foolish grin."
— E.M. Cioran
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Sources:
The Holy Bible, Revised Standard Version (Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1952). p. 518.
The Unquiet Grave: A Word Cycle by Palinurus (Cyril Connolly), (Harper Colophon Books, 1973). p. 24.
The Trouble with Being Born by E.M. Cioran (trans. By Richard Howard), (Seaver Books, 1986). p. 17.
