He who does not want to die should not want to live. For life is tendered to us with the proviso of death. Life is the way to this destination.
Seneca the YoungerThis is the difference between us Romans and the Etruscans: We believe that lightning is caused by clouds colliding, whereas they believe that clouds collide in order to create lightning. Since they attribute everything to gods, they are led to believe not that events have a meaning because they have happened, but that they happen in order to express a meaning.
Seneca the Younger