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Death Quotes by Benjamin Franklin
- The punishment of murder by death is contrary to reason, and to the order and happiness of society, and contrary to divine revelation.
- A man is not completely born until he is dead.
- The only certain things in life are death and taxes!
- We are spirits. That bodies should be lent us while they afford us pleasure, assist us in acquiring knowledge or in doing good to our…
- A man is not completely born until he is dead. Why then should we grieve that a new child is born among the immortals, a…
- The only things of certainty are Death and Taxes.
- Certainlie these things agree, The Priest, the Lawyer, & Death all three: Death takes both the weak and the strong. The lawyer takes from both…
- In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.
- I look upon death to be as necessary to our constitution as sleep. We shall rise refreshed in the morning.
- I saw few die of hunger; of eating, a hundred thousand.
- Many people die at twenty five and aren't buried until they are seventy five.
- Fear not death for the sooner we die, the longer we shall be immortal.
- Life is rather a state of embryo, a preparation for life; a man is not completely born till he has passed through death.
- Our Constitution is in actual operation; everything appears to promise that it will last; but in this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.
- Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in the world nothing can be said to be certain except…
- Death takes no bribes.
- In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.
- Take Courage, Mortal; Death can't banish thee out of the Universe.
- Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except…
- Certainty? In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.
More Death Quotes
- In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in perfectionism. — Hannah Arendt
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead. — Aristotle
- To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does… — Aristotle
- I design for real people. I think of our customers all the time. There is no virtue whatsoever in creating clothing or… — Giorgio Armani
- I think when you're 10 years old, it's too much to see something with the threat of death in every episode. Kids… — J. J. Abrams
- Islam is a religion of success. Unlike Christianity, which has as its main image, in the west at least, a man dying… — Karen Armstrong
- Spare me the whispering, crowded room, the friends who come and gape and go, the ceremonious air of gloom - all, which… — Matthew Arnold
- Truth sits upon the lips of dying men. — Matthew Arnold
- Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome. — Isaac Asimov
- Death is the sound of distant thunder at a picnic. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- To save your world you asked this man to die; would this man, could he see you now, ask why? — Wystan Hugh Auden