No one knows whether death is really the greatest blessing a man can have, but they fear it is the greatest curse, as if they knew well. ~Plato. Ancient cemetery of Staleno in Genoa
Ancient cemetery of Staleno in Genoa
On the average the life of man consists of 960 months, or 29000 days. Graves vividly remind about the transparent nature of life. Title, money, position – they lose any sense. Cemetery Staleno, Genoa is popular not only because of the graves of many celebrities, but also because of surprising architecture and many sculptural and architectural monuments, which have the historical value of the highest category. Located on the area more than one square kilometer, Staleno is one of the largest cemeteries in Europe.
God pours life into death and death into life without a drop being spilled. Cemetery Staleno, Genoa
To die proudly when it is no longer possible to live proudly. Death of one’s own free choice, death at the proper time, with a clear head and with joyfulness, consummated in the midst of children and witnesses: so that an actual leave-taking is possible while he who is leaving is still there. ~Friedrich Nietzsche, Expeditions of an Untimely Man.
Ancient cemetery of Staleno in Genoa
Grave monument Cemetery Staleno, GenoaAll say, “How hard it is that we have to die” – a strange complaint to come from the mouths of people who have had to live. ~Mark TwainI’m not afraid of death. It’s the stake one puts up in order to play the game of life. ~Jean Giraudoux, Amphitryon, 1929There is always death and taxes; however, death doesn’t get worse every yearAll our knowledge merely helps us to die a more painful death than animals that know nothing. ~Maurice MaeterlinckTo himself everyone is immortal; he may know that he is going to die, but he can never know that he is dead. ~Samuel ButlerWatching a peaceful death of a human being reminds us of a falling star; one of a million lights in a vast sky that flares up for a brief moment only to disappear into the endless night forever. ~Elisabeth Kobler-RossBeautiful Cemetery Staleno, GenoaDeath is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live. ~Norman CousinsMeanwhile, the death of someone we know always reminds us that we are still alive. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic’s Notebook, 1960a debt we all must pay – death. ~EuripidesHe who has gone, so we but cherish his memory, abides with us, more potent, nay, more present than the living man. ~Antoine de Saint-ExuperyPeople living deeply have no fear of death. ~Anaies Nin, Diary, 1967Angel with dove. Cemetery Staleno, Genoadeath smiles at us all; all a man can do is smile backOur birth is nothing but our death begun. ~Edward Young, Night ThoughtsI want a priest, a rabbi, and a Protestant clergyman. I want to hedge my bets. ~Wilson MiznerThe greatest blessing a man can have, but people think it’s the greatest curseThe goal of all life is death. ~Sigmund FreudWhen the gods created man they allotted to him death, but life they retained in their own keeping. ~The Epic of GilgameshDeath is but the next great adventure. ~J.K. RowlingFor what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun? ~Kahlil Gibran, from “The Prophet”I want a priest, a rabbi, and a Protestant clergyman. I want to hedge my bets. Wilson MiznerOur birth is nothing but our death begun. ~Edward Young, Night ThoughtsBeautiful angel. Cemetery Staleno, GenoaItalian Cemetery Staleno, Genoa
