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Death Quotes by George Bernard Shaw
- If you go to Heaven without being naturally qualified for it you will not enjoy yourself there.
- Must then a Christ perish in torment in every age to save those that have no imagination.
- In the arts of life main invents nothing; but in the arts of death he outdoes Nature herself, and produces by chemistry and machinery all…
- Dying is a troublesome business: there is pain to be suffered, and it wrings one's heart; but death is a splendid thing -a warfare accomplished,…
- Don't order any black things. Rejoice in his memory; and be radiant: leave grief to the children. Wear violet and purple. Be patient with the…
- My situation is a solemn one: life is offered to me on the condition of eating beefsteaks. But death is better than cannibalism. My will…
- Imprisonment is as irrevocable as death.
- There is only one belief that can rob death of its sting and the grave of its victory. For without that you cannot be born…
- The conversion of Paul was no conversion at all; it was Paul who converted the religion that has raised one man above sin and death.
- Women are not angels. They are as foolish as men in many ways; but they have had to devote themselves to life whilst men have…
- You can feel nothing but a torment, and believe nothing but a lie. You will not raise your head to look at all the miracles…
- The body was the slave of the vortex; but the slave has become the master; and we must free ourselves from that tyranny. It is…
- Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.
- I want to be all used up when I die.
- Life levels all men. Death reveals the eminent.
- When two people are under the influence of the most violent, most insane, most delusive, and most transient of passions, they are required to swear…
- As long as I have a want, I have a reason for living. Satisfaction is death.
- Heaven, as conventionally conceived, is a place so inane, so dull, so useless, so miserable that nobody has ever ventured to describe a whole day…
- We cut the throat of a calf and hang it up by the heels to bleed to death so that our veal cutlet may be…
- I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work, the more I live. I rejoice in life for its…
- In the arts of life, man invents nothing; but in the arts of death he outdoes Nature herself, and produces by chemistry and machinery all…
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