The Mahabharata

Duryodhana:
Birth is obscure and men are like rivers whose origin are often unknown

Duryodhana:
A man says: I have enough to eat and wear. I need nothing more! Shame! He says: I don't know anger! Shame! I am like a dried up stream, like a wooden elephant. All because my father was born blind, because one does not give a throne to a blind man.

Duryodhana:
A man's body grows from birth and everyone is delighted in the same way his desire grows, his desire for power.

Duryodhana:
Stay in this unhappy world, I am going to another world . Who is happier than I? I reigned on earth. I was just. I laughed. I sang. I loved my friends and wives. I protected my servants. I held out my hand to the afflicted. I knew all of human joys.

Krishna:
The victory of the Pandava is assured. Tell your friends: 'Look - it's spring. The buds are sweet, the water sparkles, everyone is joyful... we're going to die.'