Nothing in the entire universe ever perishes, believe me,
but things vary, and adopt a new form. The phrase "being
born" is used for beginning to be something different from
what one was before, while "dying" means ceasing to be the
same. Though this thing may pass into that, and that into
this, yet the sums of things remains unchanged.
-- Ovid
-- Metamorphoses
The best thing for being sad, replied Merlin, beginning to puff and
blow, is to learn something. That's the only thing that never fails.
You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at
night listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss your only
love, you may see the world about you devastated by evil lunatics, or
know your honour trampled in the sewers of baser minds....
The best thing for being sad," replied Merlin, beginning to puff and
blow, "is to learn something. That's the only thing that never fails.
You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at
night listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss your only
love, you may see the world about you devastated by evil lunatics, or
know your honour trampled in the sewers of baser minds....