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Heinrich Heine

Sleep is good, death is better but of course, the best thing would to have never been born at all.

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The quote suggests that while sleep offers rest and death ends suffering, the ultimate state would be to avoid existence entirely. It reflects a pessimistic view that life itself brings more pain than either temporary relief or final peace.

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