...for the sole of his foot; and if he had it all to do over again he would not be born at all, for " the day of death is better than the day of one's birth." — Burlington Hawkey e. OFFICIAL LIST OF CHANGES OF STATIONS AND DUTIES OF MEDICAL OFFICERS OF THE...

...vanished from the chamber of death. One feels, or on some occasions may feel, with the prophet of old, that " the day of death is better than the day of one's birth"; feel that it is birth into a fairer and better world ; that it is entrance into a higher school-room...

...may we proclaim him truly pious, and exclaim, 'A good name is more fragrant than rich perfume, and the day of death is better than the day of one's birth.' " " Antoninus, in conversing with R. Judah said to him : ' In the future world, when the soul comes...

...should be noticed concerning it. To a good man it is a joyous, blessed, and sublime change: To him " the day of death is better than the day of one's birth." To come into this world is a great event. To see its sights, and hear its sounds; to engage in its...

...successful swindler. " A good name is better than precious perfumes." When Ecclesiastes proceeds to say that " the day of death is better than the day of one's birth," our first feeling, perhaps, is that we have here an expression of one of those pessimistic moods to...

...; and come in whatever shape it may, death can be no calamity to the Christian." " Solomon tells us that the day of death is better than the day of one's birth. ' Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord.' " My dear Vi, I think one who can claim all the promises...

...no rest for the sole of his feet, and if he had to do it over ajnin he would not be born at all, for "the day of death is better than the day of one's birth." PATTIN' JUBA.— FINANCES E WADLRIOH. i' Juba," is the darky expression .-irusLuttling Uuace, in which...

...preaching on Eccles. vii. 1, with the event foresaid trysted my entering on the latter part of that text, " The day of death is better than the day of one's birth." a This was a comfortable subject : but whereas it could hardly miss to impress me with thoughts, that...

...into Chinese literature and colloquial speech. The following extract reminds us of Solomon's aphorism, "The day of death is better than the day of one's birth " : — " Before death comes we shrink from it, as the maiden betrothed to the prince of a neighbouring...

...matter which, on the whole, it is better to have behind one than before ? Does not the preacher say : the day of death [is better] than the day of one's birth ? It is certainly a rash thing to wish for long life ; for, as the Spanish proverb has it, it means...