It is said an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a sentence to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in all times and situations. They presented him the words: "And this, too, shall pass away." How much it expresses! How chastening in the hour of pride! How consoling in the depths of affliction! ... — Abraham Lincoln: Address to the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; 1859-09-30.
Or how about: One Day We'll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter ? — Title of a collection of essays by Scaachi Koul (2017) about growing up the daughter of Indian immigrants in Canada, "a land of ice and casual racism," addressing sexism, stereotypes and universal miseries of life.
