Memento Mori

[poliphilo]

When a famous person dies I nearly always make a point of comparing their age with mine. (David Frost was 12 years older than me.) It gives me an idea of where I stand.  

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[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

It's not so much about calculating the date of one's own demise as surveying the landscape to see who's still standing. It's about putting oneself in context.