Quotes about death
death moving men
Rich man and poor move side by side toward the limit of death. Pindar
death color design
Color does not add a pleasant quality to design - it reinforces it. Pierre Bonnard
death destiny glory
Death was to be my glory, but destiny has refused it. Pierre Corneille
death lying people
The people you killed seem to be in excellent health. Pierre Corneille
death sweet revenge
How sweet to die after one's enemies. Pierre Corneille
death discipline lines
Tis the only discipline we are born for; all studies else are but as circular lines, and death the center where they all must meet. Philip Massinger
death dying made
Everybody loses the thing that made them. Quvenzhane Wallis
death men grieving
Let no one weep for me, or celebrate my funeral with mourning; for I still live, as I pass to and fro through the mouths of men. Quintus Ennius
death aim-of-life defense
The aims of life are the best defense against death. Primo Levi
death suicide order
In the event that I am reincarnated, I would like to return as a deadly virus, in order to contribute something to solve overpopulation. Prince Philip
death sovereign human-life
A short death is the sovereign good hap of human life. Pliny the Elder
death
Concerning the dead nothing but good shall be spoken. [Lat., De mortuis nil nisi bonum.] Plutarch
death suffering do-not-fear
What can they suffer that do not fear to die? Plutarch
death world biographies
Of all the events which constitute a person's biography, there is scarcely one ... to which the world so easily reconciles itself as to his death. Nathaniel Hawthorne
death appreciation character
It is very singular how the fact of a man's death often seems to give people a truer idea of his character, whether for good or evil, than they have ever possessed while he was living and acting among them. Nathaniel Hawthorne
death angel knowing
If human love hath power to penetrate the veil--and hath it not?--then there are yet living here a few who have the blessedness of knowing that an angel loves them. Nathaniel Hawthorne
death real towns
Death possesses a good deal, of real estate, namely, the graveyard in every town. Nathaniel Hawthorne
death gold facts
Death is so genuine a fact that it excludes falsehoods, or betrays its emptiness; it is a touchstone that proves the gold, and dishonors the baser metal. Nathaniel Hawthorne
death mood should
Death should take me while I am in the mood. Nathaniel Hawthorne
death wreaths germs
In every cradle decked with rosy wreath Lurk germs of death. Victor Hugo
death feet profound
A few feet under the ground reigns so profound a silence, and yet so much tumult on the surface! Victor Hugo
death dark light
It seems as though, at the approach of a certain dark hour, the light of heaven infills those who are leaving the light of earth. Victor Hugo
death men unknown-things
Death belongs to God alone; by what right do men touch that unknown thing? Victor Hugo
death morning next
My day's work will begin again the next morning. The tomb is not a blind alley. Victor Hugo
death night doors
Oh Lord! Open the doors of night for me So that I may leave this place and disappear. Victor Hugo
death dream wisdom
Our life dreams the Utopia. Our death achieves the Ideal. Victor Hugo
death wisdom live-life
It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live. Victor Hugo
death white goldfish
Goldfish and hamsters and white mice and even the little seed in the Styrofoam cup-they all die. So do we. Robert Fulghum
death men worry
More men die of worry than of work, because more men worry than work. Robert Frost
death suicide men
Even nowadays a man can't step up and kill a woman without feeling just a bit unchivalrous. Robert Benchley
death suicide sleep
She sleeps alone at last. Robert Benchley
death husband grandmother
My grandmother was a very tough woman. She buried three husbands and two of them were just napping. Rita Rudner
death heaven bartender
Will there be any bartenders up there in Heaven, will the pubs never close? Richard Thompson