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Death Quotes by Jean de la Bruyere
- The passion of hatred is so long lived and so obstinate a malady that the surest sign of death in a sick person is their…
- There are only three events in a man's life; birth, life, and death; he is not conscious of being born, he dies in pain, and…
- If some persons died, and others did not die, death would be a terrible affliction.
- Grief that is dazed and speechless is out of fashion: the modern woman mourns her husband loudly and tells you the whole story of his…
- We hope to grow old and we dread old age; that is to say, we love life and we flee from death.
- There are but three events which concern man: birth, life and death. They are unconscious of their birth, they suffer when they die, and they…
- There are some extraordinary fathers, who seem, during the whole course of their lives, to be giving their children reasons for being consoled at their…
- Hatred is so lasting and stubborn, that reconciliation on a sickbed certainly forebodes death.
- Death happens but once, yet we feel it every moment of our lives; it is worse to dread it than to suffer it.
- Whatever is certain in death is slightly alleviated by what is not so infallible; the time when it shall happen is undefined, but it is…
- Love receives its death-wound from aversion, and forgetfulness buries it.
- A long disease seems to be a halting place between life and death, that death itself may be a comfort to those who die and…
- Man has but three events in his life: to be born, to live, and to die. He is not conscious of his birth, he suffers…
- There are three stages in a person's life, birth, their life and death. They are not conscious of birth submit to death and forget to…
- We hope to grow old, and we dread old age; that is to say, we love life and flee from death.
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