Full Idea
The act of dying is not as significant as the universal awe of it would have us believe, and the dying person has probably lost more important things in life than he is now about to lose.
Gist of Idea
Most dying people have probably lost more important things than what they are about to lose
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (Dawn (Daybreak) [1881], 349)
Book Reference
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Dawn (Daybreak) (v 5)', ed/tr. Smith, Brittain [Stanford 2011], p.202
A Reaction
He says this is a thought about death which we tend to repress. It would depend on the life, I should think, but it is probably right in very many cases.