Once, as Mung went his way athwart the Earth and up and down its cities and across its plains, Mung came upon a man who was afraid when Mung said: "I am Mung!"
And Mung said: "Were the forty million years before thy coming intolerable to thee?"
And Mung said: "Not less tolerable to thee shall be the forty million years to come."
Then Mung made against him the sign of Mung, and the Life of the Man was fettered no longer with hands and feet.
Lord Dunsany - The Gods of Pegana

Warum hat der Tod eigentlich immer die besten Sprüche?