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It's one of those quotes that gets attributed to a lot of different people. Here is goodreads claiming it was Ernest Hemingway [1].

“Every man has two deaths, when he is buried in the ground and the last time someone says his name. In some ways men can be immortal.”

1. https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9556005-every-man-has-two-d...



All I know is whoever said it wasn’t a teacher.


Whoever said it was obviously a teacher or else you do not understand what this line is trying to teach others.




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