“Security is the chief enemy of mortals.”
William Shakespeare
“A pitcher has to look at the hitter as his mortal enemy.”
Early Wynn
“All mortals tend to turn into the things they are pretending to be.”
C.S. Lewis
“It's no use reminding yourself daily that you are mortal: it will be brought home to you soon enough”
Albert Camus
“Lord, what fools these mortals be.”
“For in that sleep of death what dreams may come, When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause; there's the respect That makes calamity of so long life”
“If the mortality rate seems high we must realize that Nature is a ruthless teacher. There are no second chances in Mother Nature's Survival Course.”
William S. Burroughs