Having just spent most of my waking hours these last few days preparing to pay quarterly taxes I understand the state of mind that Mr. Haliburton must have been in as he first uttered those famous words.
Death is something all men have to deal with.
Some have tried to cheat death. Houdini escaped from incredible devices on earth and claimed that if it were possible to come back from the dead that he would do so. Houdini's body is still in the grave. There has only ever been one who, by His own power, cheated death. Jesus' tomb is empty.