Here's another way to think about it: Life if a circle. The start and end point is simply "non-existence."
It doesn't matter how big a circle someone makes; they could be a civilization-crushing emperor with an iron fist or simply a feeble hermit - ultimately, a human life is a human life, and we end up in the same place.
It is in man's nature to compare himself to others, and comparisons are where are judgments lie, and are the base point for your development as a human being. You take after your parents, you idolize a mentor, you work harder than your co-workers - it's all comparative, and it's what man thrives on.
Eventually, those comparisons are null, and death brings that about. You and your comparisons (that being other people and your ideas) are six feet under, and non-existent, just as you were before you were ever conceived.
Life is a wheel. And size doesn't matter. It all ends up at the same place.
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