Quotes about death
death mean evil
It is by no means a fact that death is the worst of all evils; when it comes it is an alleviation to mortals who are worn out with sufferings. Pietro Metastasio
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 life-is
Death is one moment, and life is so many of them. Tennessee Williams
death blow men
A man, when he burns, leaves only a handful of ashes. No woman can hold him. The wind must blow him away. Tennessee Williams
death time dying
Time rushes towards us with its hospital tray of infinitely varied narcotics, even while it is preparing us for its inevitably fatal operation. Tennessee Williams
death animal giving
The human animal is a beast that dies but the fact that he’s dying don’t give him pity for others. Tennessee Williams
death insults-you trying
I will not insult you by trying to tell you that one day you will forget. I know as well as you that you will not. But, at least, in time you will not remember as fiercely as you do now - and I pray that that time may be soon. Terence Rattigan
death song hero
Sing your death song and die like a hero going home. Tecumseh
death aunt pet
We died like aunts of pets or foreigners. Randall Jarrell
death funny-things perspective
The funny thing about facing imminent death is that it really snaps everything else into perspective. James Patterson
death moving home
Yet nightly pitch my moving tent, a day's march nearer home. James Montgomery
death stars eye
The Dead are like the stars by day; Withdrawn from mortal eye, But not extinct, they hold their way In glory through the sky. James Montgomery
death travel adventure
To die will be an awfully big adventure. James M. Barrie
death struggle men
Listen to the cry of a woman in labor at the hour of giving birth - look at the dying man's struggle at his last extremity, and then tell me whether something that begins and ends thus could be intended for enjoyment. Soren Kierkegaard
death passion light
Because of its tremendous solemnity death is the light in which great passions, both good and bad, become transparent, no longer limited by outward appearences. Soren Kierkegaard
death tyrants political
The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins. Soren Kierkegaard
death twilight way
Surely it was a good way to die, in the place of someone else, someone I loved. Stephenie Meyer
death long heaven
Death when to death a death by death hath given Then shall be op't the long shut gates of heaven. [Mors, mortis morti mortem nisi morte dedisset (dedisses).] Thomas Heywood
death fear may
Teach me to live, that I may dread The grave as little as my bed. Teach me to die… Thomas Hardy
death stories sad-story
Death makes sad stories of us all. Tim Schafer
death hands world
Death comes to all. His cold and sapless hand Waves o'er the world, and beckons us away. Who shall resist the summons? Thomas Love Peacock
death dying amusement
Planting is one of my great amusements, and even of those things which can only be for posterity, for a Septuagenary has no right to count on any thing but annuals. Thomas Jefferson
death design-process aesthetic-beauty
Design must reflect the practical and aesthetic in business but above all... good design must primarily serve people. Thomas J. Watson
death character resurrection
The character wherewith we sink into the grave at death is the very character wherewith we shall reappear at the resurrection. Thomas Chalmers
death-penalty murder intolerance
The fanatic has the courage of his conviction and the intolerance of his courage. He is opposed to the death penalty for murder, but he would willingly have anyone electrocuted who disagreed with him on the subject. Thomas Bailey Aldrich
death dying use
The slanderer and the assassin differ only in the weapon they use; with the one it is the dagger, with the other the tongue. The former is worse that the latter, for the last only kills the body, while the other murders the reputation. Tryon Edwards
death may bread
Sinful and forbidden pleasures are like poisoned bread; they may satisfy appetite for the moment, but there is death in them at the end. Tryon Edwards
death favorite-hobby hobbies
Delaying death is one of my favorite hobbies Rick Riordan