death quotes

“True love makes the thought of death frequent, easy, without terrors; it merely becomes the standard of comparison, the price one would pay for many things.”

— Stendhal

“A belief in hell and the knowledge that every ambition is doomed to frustration at the hands of a skeleton have never prevented the majority of human beings from behaving as though death were no more than an unfounded rumor.”

— Aldous Huxley

“To some extent I liken slavery to death.”

— Marcus Tullius 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. ”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Death, so called, is a thing which makes men weep, And yet a third of life is passed in sleep.”

— Lord Byron

“On neither the sun, nor death, can a man look fixedly.”

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“Old age is a tyrant, who forbids, under pain of death, the pleasures of youth.”

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.”

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“For the wretched one night is like a thousand; for someone faring well death is just one more night.”

— Sophocles

“Not even old age knows how to love death.”

— Sophocles

“For death is not the worst, but when one wants to die and is not able even to have that. ”

— Sophocles

“Our life dreams the Utopia. Our death achieves the Ideal.”

— Victor Hugo

“I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.”

— Julius Robert Oppenheimer

“A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a quip and worried to death by a frown on the right man's brow. ”

— Ovid

“An evil life is a kind of death.”

— Ovid

“Death is less bitter punishment than death's delay.”

— Ovid

“The valiant never taste of death but once. ”

— William Shakespeare

“I were better to be eaten to death with a rust than to be scoured to nothing with perpetual motion.”

— William Shakespeare

“Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.”

— Jean de La Fontaine

“When you break up, your whole identity is shattered. It's like death. ”

— Dennis Quaid

“Death is just life's next big adventure.”

— Joanne Kathleen Rowling

“To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.”

— Joanne Kathleen Rowling

“It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr.”

— Napoleon Bonaparte

“You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks. ”

— Napoleon Bonaparte

“If you die you're completely happy and your soul somewhere lives on. I'm not afraid of dying. Total peace after death, becoming someone else is the best hope I've got. ”

— Kurt Cobain

“I love the name of honor, more than I fear death. ”

— Julius Caesar

“Which death is preferably to every other? "The unexpected". ”

— Julius Caesar

“It is better to risk starving to death then surrender. If you give up on your dreams, what's left? ”

— Jim Carrey

death quotes

“Pale Death beats equally at the poor man's gate and at the palaces of kings.”

“Guilt is perhaps the most painful companion of death. ”

“True love makes the thought of death frequent, easy, without terrors; it merely becomes the standard of comparison, the price one would pay for many things.”

“A belief in hell and the knowledge that every ambition is doomed to frustration at the hands of a skeleton have never prevented the majority of human beings from behaving as though death were no more than an unfounded rumor.”

“To some extent I liken slavery to death.”

“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. ”

“Death, so called, is a thing which makes men weep, And yet a third of life is passed in sleep.”

“On neither the sun, nor death, can a man look fixedly.”

“Old age is a tyrant, who forbids, under pain of death, the pleasures of youth.”

“Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.”

“For the wretched one night is like a thousand; for someone faring well death is just one more night.”

“Not even old age knows how to love death.”

“For death is not the worst, but when one wants to die and is not able even to have that. ”

“Our life dreams the Utopia. Our death achieves the Ideal.”

“I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.”

“A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a quip and worried to death by a frown on the right man's brow. ”

“An evil life is a kind of death.”

“Death is less bitter punishment than death's delay.”

“The valiant never taste of death but once. ”

“I were better to be eaten to death with a rust than to be scoured to nothing with perpetual motion.”

“Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.”

“When you break up, your whole identity is shattered. It's like death. ”

“Death is just life's next big adventure.”

“To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.”

“It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr.”

“You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks. ”

“If you die you're completely happy and your soul somewhere lives on. I'm not afraid of dying. Total peace after death, becoming someone else is the best hope I've got. ”

“I love the name of honor, more than I fear death. ”

“Which death is preferably to every other? "The unexpected". ”

“It is better to risk starving to death then surrender. If you give up on your dreams, what's left? ”