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Death is not the monarch for the dead, but of the dying. The moment he obtains a conquest he loses a subject.

Thomas Paine
Death, Dying, Moments
Thomas Paine, John P. Kaminski (2002). “Citizen Paine: Thomas Paine's Thoughts on Man, Government, Society, and Religion”, p.77, Rowman & Littlefield
Death is not the monarch for the dead, but of the dying. The moment he obtains a conquest he loses a subject.