We hope to grow old, and we dread old age; that is to say, we love life and flee from death.

We hope to grow old, and we dread old age; that is to say, we love life and flee from death.

我们希望变老，却害怕年老;也就是说，我们热爱生命，逃避死亡。

-- Jean de La Bruyere 布吕耶尔