Death Quotes

13020 Death quotes by 5305 unique authors

Heaven lent you a soul, Earth will lend a grave. — Christian Nestell Bovee
Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death. — Omar N. Bradley
The Greeks said grandly in their tragic phrase, 'Let no one be called happy till his death;' to which I would add, 'Let no one,… — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life. — Bertolt Brecht
Don't be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life. — Bertolt Brecht
Everything tends to make us believe that there exists a certain point of the mind at which life and death, the real and the imagined,… — Andre Breton
I feel monotony and death to be almost the same. — Charlotte Bronte
Any relic of the dead is precious, if they were valued living. — Emily Bronte
When I was younger, I wasn't concentrating on good days. I was managing a career and trying to have a good year. It would always… — Albert Brooks
Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die. — Mel Brooks
Look, I don't want to wax philosophic, but I will say that if you're alive you've got to flap your arms and legs, you've got… — Mel Brooks
If Shaw and Einstein couldn't beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none. — Mel Brooks
It was a time when only the dead smiled, happy in their peace. — Anna Akhmatova
Political elections are not life and death. — Rita Mae Brown
Libertarians know that a free country has nothing to fear from anyone coming in or going out - while a welfare state is scared to… — Harry Browne
A face to lose youth for, to occupy age With the dream of, meet death with. — Robert Browning
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… — Jean de la Bruyere
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… — Jean de la Bruyere
If that vital spark that we find in a grain of wheat can pass unchanged through countless deaths and resurrections, will the spirit of man… — William Jennings Bryan
Life without idealism is empty indeed. We just hope or starve to death. — Pearl S. Buck
To eat bread without hope is still slowly to starve to death. — Pearl S. Buck
The dead cannot cry out for justice. It is a duty of the living to do so for them. — Lois McMaster Bujold
If we must die, we die defending our rights. — Sitting Bull
Tears are sometimes an inappropriate response to death. When a life has been lived completely honestly, completely successfully, or just completely, the correct response to… — Julie Burchill
If you live to be one hundred, you've got it made. Very few people die past that age. — George Burns

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