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But life is short: while one lives, everything is lacking; when one is dead, everything is superfluous.

Lope de Vega
Life Is Short, Life Is, Lacking
"La Dorotea". Book by Lope de Vega, 1632.
But life is short: while one lives, everything is lacking; when one is dead, everything is superfluous.