Lailah Gifty AkitaNaked we were born, naked shall we return to grave. What then is the toil?
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What then is the toil? is a line from the poem "Night" by Alexander Pope. The meaning of the line is pretty simple, but it’s far from easy. The poet asks what the toil is, and he says that everything in life has its price. You can be born naked, but you will still have to die naked.
You can be born rich, but you will still have to die poor. And even if someone accepts the challenge of that, they will still have to die. So what then is the toil? It’s all about accepting your fate and living your life while you still can.
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