Appaṃ vata jīvitaṃ idaṃ!

Oraṃ vassasatāpi miyyati,

yo cepi aticca jīvati,

atha kho so jarasāpi miyyati.

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How short this life!

You die this side of a century,

but even if you live past,

you die of old age.

Sutta Nipāta 4.810

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Translated from Pāli by Thanissaro Bhikkhu

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