what does this quote mean:
Why is it that we rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? Is it because we are not the person involved?
2007-11-04 12:17:07 · 4 answers · asked by xxsimplicityy 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
(this is by Mark Twain and he's cynical)
2007-11-04 12:52:16 · update #1
We rejoice because we have another new member of the human race, with all kinds of possibilites for the future. We grieve at a funeral for the loss of a member of the human race. We grieve for ourselves, that we will no longer be able to have this person in our lives.
2007-11-04 12:24:50 · answer #1 · answered by Dot S 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Human Nature to rejoice for the start of a new life and to grieve for the ending of another life. That is how God made us.
2007-11-04 21:03:10 · answer #2 · answered by Tigger 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What Twain meant is that a birth brings a new soul into this vale of tears, while a funeral should celebrate the release of a soul from its fleshly prison, now beyond all grief.
2007-11-04 22:25:45 · answer #3 · answered by Howard H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the only thing that I can think about is that the guy that came up with that quote must have been drunk at the time :)
2007-11-04 20:22:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋