Quote of the Day for Sunday, October 18, 2026

Let life be beautiful like summer flowers and death like autumn leaves.

Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds, 1916

Our note: From Stray Birds.

Verified in the full text of Stray Birds on Project Gutenberg · Project Gutenberg ebook #6524

Painted the same decade: Tilla Durieux (Ottilie Godeffroy, 1880–1971), Auguste Renoir, 1914

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