Death Quotes

DeathWelcome to the world of death quotes! Here you will find a collection of quotes about death, dying, and the afterlife. Whether you are looking for comfort in times of grief, or simply want to explore the topic of death, you will find something here to help you. From ancient wisdom to modern musings, these quotes will help you to reflect on life, death, and the journey in between.
Small: Joseph Stalin - One death is a tragedy one million is a statistic
Joseph Stalin
"One death is a tragedy; one million is a statistic"
Joseph Stalin, Leader
Small: Matt Drudge - I was first to break the news about the death of Lady Diana. The CNN team couldnt get into makeu
Matt Drudge
"I was first to break the news about the death of Lady Diana. The CNN team couldn't get into makeup fast enough"
Matt Drudge, Celebrity
Small: Helen Keller - Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But theres a difference for me, you k
Helen Keller
"Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there's a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see"
Helen Keller, Author
Small: Oscar Wilde - One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reput
Oscar Wilde
"One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
Small: Carter Burwell - Any film which views the darker side of life, which is death with a sense of humor, is very m
"Any film which views the darker side of life, which is death with a sense of humor, is very much to my taste"
Carter Burwell, Composer
Small: Robert Browning Hamilton - A face to lose youth for, to occupy age With the dream of, meet death with
Robert Browning Hamilton
"A face to lose youth for, to occupy age With the dream of, meet death with"
Robert Browning Hamilton, Writer
Small: Cicero - Death is not natural for a state as it is for a human being, for whom death is not only necessary, bu
Cicero
"Death is not natural for a state as it is for a human being, for whom death is not only necessary, but frequently even desirable"
Cicero, Philosopher
Small: Friedrich Nietzsche - Let us beware of saying that death is the opposite of life. The living being is only a s
Friedrich Nietzsche
"Let us beware of saying that death is the opposite of life. The living being is only a species of the dead, and a very rare species"
Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher
Small: Epictetus - It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death
Epictetus
"It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death"
Epictetus, Philosopher
Small: David Byrne - The true face of smoking is disease, death and horror - not the glamour and sophistication the p
David Byrne
"The true face of smoking is disease, death and horror - not the glamour and sophistication the pushers in the tobacco industry try to portray"
David Byrne, Musician
Small: Edward Young - Life is the desert, life the solitude, death joins us to the great majority
Edward Young
"Life is the desert, life the solitude, death joins us to the great majority"
Edward Young, Poet
Small: Edward Young - Less base the fear of death than fear of life
Edward Young
"Less base the fear of death than fear of life"
Edward Young, Poet
Small: Edward Young - Virtue alone has majesty in death
Edward Young
"Virtue alone has majesty in death"
Edward Young, Poet
Small: William Shakespeare - The valiant never taste of death but once
William Shakespeare
"The valiant never taste of death but once"
William Shakespeare, Dramatist
Small: William Shakespeare - The stroke of death is as a lovers pinch, which hurts and is desired
William Shakespeare
"The stroke of death is as a lover's pinch, which hurts and is desired"
William Shakespeare, Dramatist
Small: Benjamin Franklin - In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes
Benjamin Franklin
"In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes"
Benjamin Franklin, Politician
Small: Benjamin Franklin - I look upon death to be as necessary to our constitution as sleep. We shall rise refreshed
Benjamin Franklin
"I look upon death to be as necessary to our constitution as sleep. We shall rise refreshed in the morning"
Benjamin Franklin, Politician
Small: Edward Young - Our birth is nothing but our death begun, As tapers waste the moment they take fire
Edward Young
"Our birth is nothing but our death begun, As tapers waste the moment they take fire"
Edward Young, Poet
Small: William Shakespeare - I were better to be eaten to death with a rust than to be scoured to nothing with perpet
William Shakespeare
"I were better to be eaten to death with a rust than to be scoured to nothing with perpetual motion"
William Shakespeare, Dramatist
Small: William Shakespeare - Death is a fearful thing
William Shakespeare
"Death is a fearful thing"
William Shakespeare, Dramatist
Small: William Shakespeare - Cowards die many times before their deaths the valiant never taste of death but once
William Shakespeare
"Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once"
William Shakespeare, Dramatist
Small: Aristotle - To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves deat
Aristotle
"To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does it not for some noble object but to escape some ill"
Aristotle, Philosopher
Small: W. Somerset Maugham - Death is a very dull, dreary affair, and my advice to you is to have nothing whatsoever
W. Somerset Maugham
"Death is a very dull, dreary affair, and my advice to you is to have nothing whatsoever to do with it"
W. Somerset Maugham, Playwright
Small: W. Somerset Maugham - Death doesnt affect the living because it has not happened yet. Death doesnt concern the
W. Somerset Maugham
"Death doesn't affect the living because it has not happened yet. Death doesn't concern the dead because they have ceased to exist"
W. Somerset Maugham, Playwright
Small: Ralph Waldo Emerson - Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold"
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Philosopher
Small: Ralph Waldo Emerson - Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain"
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Philosopher
Small: Henry Ward Beecher - Of all escape mechanisms, death is the most efficient
Henry Ward Beecher
"Of all escape mechanisms, death is the most efficient"
Henry Ward Beecher, Clergyman
Small: Sophocles - Not even old age knows how to love death
Sophocles
"Not even old age knows how to love death"
Sophocles, Author
Small: Mahatma Gandhi - Let us all be brave enough to die the death of a martyr, but let no one lust for martyrdom
Mahatma Gandhi
"Let us all be brave enough to die the death of a martyr, but let no one lust for martyrdom"
Mahatma Gandhi, Leader
Small: Mahatma Gandhi - Fear of death makes us devoid both of valour and religion. For want of valour is want of reli
Mahatma Gandhi
"Fear of death makes us devoid both of valour and religion. For want of valour is want of religious faith"
Mahatma Gandhi, Leader
Small: Eric Hoffer - It is a sign of creeping inner death when we can no longer praise the living
Eric Hoffer
"It is a sign of creeping inner death when we can no longer praise the living"
Eric Hoffer, Writer
Small: Seneca - Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to take
Seneca
"Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to take a residence, so I shall choose my death when I am about to depart from life"
Seneca, Playwright
Small: George Santayana - There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval
George Santayana
"There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval"
George Santayana, Philosopher
Small: George Santayana - For a man who has done his natural duty, death is as natural as sleep
George Santayana
"For a man who has done his natural duty, death is as natural as sleep"
George Santayana, Philosopher
Small: Voltaire - The safest course is to do nothing against ones conscience. With this secret, we can enjoy life and
Voltaire
"The safest course is to do nothing against one's conscience. With this secret, we can enjoy life and have no fear from death"
Voltaire, Writer
Small: Voltaire - I do not agree with what you have to say, but Ill defend to the death your right to say it
Voltaire
"I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it"
Voltaire, Writer
Small: Alexander Chase - Lovers of air travel find it exhilarating to hang poised between the illusion of immortality
"Lovers of air travel find it exhilarating to hang poised between the illusion of immortality and the fact of death"
Alexander Chase, Journalist
Small: Marcus Aurelius - It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live
Marcus Aurelius
"It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live"
Marcus Aurelius, Soldier
Small: William Penn - For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity
William Penn
"For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity"
William Penn, Leader
Small: William Hazlitt - Defoe says that there were a hundred thousand country fellows in his time ready to fight to
William Hazlitt
"Defoe says that there were a hundred thousand country fellows in his time ready to fight to the death against popery, without knowing whether popery was a man or a horse"
William Hazlitt, Critic
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