Anna waser: blatt aus schreibüebung, zurich 1708. Translation of the french text: "we should not think of fearing death, but only of making it good by the deeds we perform before leaving this world. The length and the brevity of life do not make it happy, because it is the last moment that grants this. When a ship breaks up, everyone thinks of saving themselves, without worrying about the riches they leave behind. We must do the same when we see ourselves approaching death. We should think of the goods we hope for, not of those we must leave behind. The highest level of wisdom consists in doing in life what we wish to have done during our whole life when we die. ". Date: 1708.
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