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Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased by tales, so is the other.

Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased by tales, so is the other.

Francis Bacon
Death, Fear, Children
Essays "Of Death" (1625)

One of the fathers saith . . . that old men go to death, and death comes to young men.

Francis Bacon
Death, Father, Men
Francis Bacon, David Mallet (1740). “The Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, Lord High Chancellor of England ...: With Several Additional Pieces, Never Before Printed in Any Edition of His Works. To which is Prefixed, a New Life of the Author”, p.289

Death is a friend of ours; and he that is not ready to entertain him is not at home.

Francis Bacon
Friendship, Death, Home
Francis Bacon (1765). “The works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, and Lord High Chancellor of England, in five volumes”, p.638

It is natural to die as to be born.

Francis Bacon
Death, Dying, Natural
'Essays' (1625) 'Of Death'

What, then, remains but that we still should cry, For being born, and, being born, to die?

Francis Bacon
Death, Cry, Born
"Handy-Book of Literary Curiosities". Book by William Shepard Walsh, 1892.

It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is as painful as the other.

Francis Bacon
Death, Children, Science
'Essays' (1625) 'Of Death'

I do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke of death.

Francis Bacon
Death, Fear, Believe
Francis Bacon (1765). “The works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, and Lord High Chancellor of England, in five volumes”, p.636

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