The death of what's dead

"While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die." - Leonardo Da Vinci
"A dead atheist is someone who is all dressed up with no place to go." - James Duffecy
"The death of what's dead is the birth of what's living." - Arlo Guthrie
"Pale death with an impartial foot knocks at the hovels of the poor and the palaces of king." - Horace
"Death is feared as birth is forgotten." - Doug Horton
"We are all dead men on leave." - Eugene Levine