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Quotation from Essays by Francis Bacon

“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 (spoken by Bacon)

Essays, Essay II, Of Death (1625 text, modernized spelling (Project Gutenberg #575))

Portrait of Francis Bacon

A consolation that places dying alongside birth as a natural passage.

Citation: "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, Essays, Essay II, Of Death (1625 text, modernized spelling (Project Gutenberg #575)). (id essays-bacon-q5)

Portrait: Portrait of Francis Bacon., Paul van Somer I / Formerly attributed to Frans Pourbus the Younger, Public domain.

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