Death Quotes

13020 Death quotes by 5305 unique authors

The birth of science rang the death-knell of an arbitrary and constantly interposing Supreme Power. — Annie Besant
Death consists, indeed, in a repeated process of unrobing, or unsheathing. The immortal part of man shakes off from itself, one after the other, its… — Annie Besant
At the solemn moment of death, every man, even when death is sudden, sees the whole of his past life marshalled before him, in its… — Annie Besant
The sunlight ranges over the universe, and at incarnation we step out of it into the twilight of the body, and see but dimly during… — Annie Besant
Death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate. — Ambrose Bierce
But there is a difference here: When Jewish children are murdered, Arabs celebrate the deed. The death of an Arab child is no cause for… — Theodore Bikel
Only a humanity to whom death has become as indifferent as its members, that has itself died, can inflict it administratively on innumerable people. — Theodor Adorno
For me, habit is just a synonym for death. — Juliette Binoche
Feminists bore me to death. I follow my instinct and if that supports young girls in any way, great. But I'd rather they saw it… — Bjork
My children are magical creatures and I love them to death. — Jack Black
Of all the gods only death does not desire gifts. — Aeschylus
Death is softer by far than tyranny. — Aeschylus
Art is the tree of life. Science is the tree of death. — William Blake
Death is easier than a wretched life; and better never to have born than to live and fare badly. — Aeschylus
For children preserve the fame of a man after his death. — Aeschylus
We never stop reading, although every book comes to an end, just as we never stop living, although death is certain. — Roberto Bolano
O Death, rock me asleep, bring me to quiet rest, let pass my weary guiltless ghost out of my careful breast. — Anne Boleyn
Even at our birth, death does but stand aside a little. And every day he looks towards us and muses somewhat to himself whether that… — Robert Bolt
Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily. — Napoleon Bonaparte
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
Color does not add a pleasant quality to design - it reinforces it. — Pierre Bonnard
Life and death have been lacking in my life. — Jorge Luis Borges
To be immortal is commonplace; except for man, all creatures are immortal, for they are ignorant of death; what is divine, terrible, incomprehensible, is to… — Jorge Luis Borges
We were then in a dangerous, helpless situation, exposed daily to perils and death amongst savages and wild beasts, not a white man in the… — Daniel Boone

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