Exampled here by Samuel Johnson(plenty of others from a few years backuse PS search aboveat top of page)
https://quotefancy.com/quote/988412/Samuel-Johnson-The-drama-s-laws-the-drama-s-patrons-give-For-we-that-live-to-please-must
life can indeed be short,however ,death is always longer Chiasmus a pithy reverse figure of speech
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