אָדָם בָּא לָעוֹלָם יָדָיו הֵן קְפוּצוֹת וּכְשֶׁהוּא נִפְטָר מִן הָעוֹלָם יָדָיו הֵן פְּשׁוּטוֹת

ביטוי (אנגלית)

When a person comes into the world, his hands are clenched; when he leaves the world, his hands are open.

הגדרה (אנגלית)

A person enters the world feeling that everything belongs to him but takes nothing with him when he dies.

(It was taught in the name of Rabbi Meir: When a person comes into the world, his hands are clenched—as if to say, “The whole world is mine; I will inherit it.” But when he departs from the world, his hands are open—as if to say, “I have inherited nothing from this world.”)