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The daily tax you pay for the privilege of eventually dying with stories.
means The state of being alive, or the way someone goes about their daily existence — their activities, habits, and manner of getting by.
from From Old English 'libban' or 'lifian' (to be alive, to remain, to continue), rooted in the ancient Germanic 'liben,' a cousin of words meaning 'to remain' or 'to stick' — the same deep root that gives us 'life' and 'leave' (as in 'remain behind'). The core idea across its long history has stayed remarkably steady: to persist, to go on, to not yet be finished.
- etymology
- from lifian, old english for to be alive
- cost of
- technically infinite, billed in seconds
- common confusion
- not the same as making a living
- minimum requirement
- breathing optional in some legal definitions