Death Quotes and Sayings
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A dying man needs to die, as a sleepy man needs to sleep, and there comes a time when it is wrong, as well as useless, to resist. Stewart Alsop
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Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased by tales, so is the other. Francis Bacon
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To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent. Buddha
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To himself everyone is immortal; he may know that he is going to die, but he can never know that he is dead. Samuel Butler
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'Tis very certain the desire of life prolongs it. Lord Byron
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I shall not die of a cold. I shall die of having lived. Willa Cather
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I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure. Clarence Darrow
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When you're dead, you're dead. That's it. Marlene Dietrich
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Some people are so afraid do die that they never begin to live. Henry Van Dyke
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It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls. Epicurus
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No one can confidently say that he will still be living tomorrow. Euripides
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Millions long for immortality who don't know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon. Susan Ertz
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You can kill a man but you can't kill an idea. Medgar Evers
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Death most resembles a prophet who is without honor in his own land or a poet who is a stranger among his people. Kahlil Gibran
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Die, v.: To stop sinning suddenly. Elbert Hubbard
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You can be a king or a street sweeper, but everybody dances with the Grim Reaper. Robert Alton Harris
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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
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All our knowledge merely helps us to die a more painful death than animals that know nothing. Maurice Maeterlinck
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Suicide is man's way of telling God, "You can't fire me - I quit." Bill Maher
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From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them and that is eternity. Thomas Moore
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From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them and that is eternity. Edvard Munch
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The idea is to die young as late as possible. Ashley Montagu
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For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity. William Penn
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What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal. Albert Pike
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They tell us that suicide is the greatest piece of cowardice... that suicide is wrong; when it is quite obvious that there is nothing in the world to which every man has a more unassailable title than to his own life and person. Arthur Schopenhauer
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The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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We cannot banish dangers, but we can banish fears. We must not demean life by standing in awe of death. David Sarnoff
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I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it. Mark Twain
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The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time. Mark Twain
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While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die. Leonardo da Vinci
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Life is better than death, I believe, if only because it is less boring, and because it has fresh peaches in it. Alice Walker
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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
