![[In] death at least there would be one profit; it would no longer be necessary to eat, to drink, to pay taxes, or to [offend] others; and as a man lies in his grave not one year, but hundreds and thousands of years, the profit was enormous. The life of man was, in short, a loss, and only his death a profit.](/assets/img/quote-photos/in-death-at-least-there-would-be-one-profit-it-would-no-longer-be-necessary-to.jpg)
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