Famous Quotes | What we call birth
Is but a...

What we call birth
Is but a beginning to be something else
Than what we were before; and when we cease
To be that something, then we call it death. - Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)
Attribution: Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso) (43 B.C.–A.D. 17/18), Roman poet. Metamorphoses, 15. 255-257.

Categories: Birth, Death

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