death quotes

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

“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

“There is a great deal of political pressure to only talk about abstinence, and to deny support for condoms and education on using them. This policy will lead to the unnecessary deaths of many people. ”

— Hillary Clinton

“You hear a lot about God these days: God, the beneficent; God, the all-great; God, the Almighty; God, the most powerful; God, the giver of life; God, the creator of death. I mean, we're hearing about God all the time, so we better learn how to deal with it. But if we know anything about God, God is arbitrary. ”

— Bob Dylan

“Death to me means nothing as long as I can die fast. ”

— Bob Dylan

“I had seen birth and death but had thought they were different. ”

— Thomas Stearns Eliot

“ Whether you like it or not, you're forced to come to the realisation that death is out there. But I don't fear death, I'm a fatalist. I believe when it's your time, that's it. It's the hand you're dealt. ”

— Clint Eastwood

“Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold. ”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?”

— Edgar Allan Poe

“The death of a beautiful woman, is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world.”

— Edgar Allan Poe

“A strong argument for the religion of Christ is this - that offences against Charity are about the only ones which men on their death-beds can be made - not to understand - but to feel - as crime.”

— Edgar Allan Poe

“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

death quotes

“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? ”

“There is a great deal of political pressure to only talk about abstinence, and to deny support for condoms and education on using them. This policy will lead to the unnecessary deaths of many people. ”

“Death to me means nothing as long as I can die fast. ”

“I had seen birth and death but had thought they were different. ”

“ Whether you like it or not, you're forced to come to the realisation that death is out there. But I don't fear death, I'm a fatalist. I believe when it's your time, that's it. It's the hand you're dealt. ”

“Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold. ”

“The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?”

“The death of a beautiful woman, is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world.”

“A strong argument for the religion of Christ is this - that offences against Charity are about the only ones which men on their death-beds can be made - not to understand - but to feel - as crime.”

“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.”