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Death Quotes by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Death is given in a kiss; the dearest kindnesses are fatal; and into this life, where one thing preys upon another, the child too often…
- Night is a dead monotonous period under a roof; but in the open world it passes lightly, with its stars and dews and perfumes, and…
- O God! I screamed, and "O God! Again and again; for there before my eyes - pale and shaken, and half fainting, and groping before…
- He is not dead, this friend; not dead, Gone some few, trifling steps ahead, And nearer to the end; So that you, too, once past…
- Under the wide and starry sky, Dig the grave and let me lie. Glad did I live and gladly die, And I lay me down…
- But we are so fond of life that we have no leisure to entertain the terror of death. It is a honeymoon with us all…
- The very flexibility and ease which make men's friendships so agreeable while they endure, make them the easier to destroy and forget. And a man…
- If this is death, it is easier than life.
- Nothing more strongly arouses our disgust than cannibalism, yet we make the same impression on Buddhists and vegetarians, for we feed on babies, though not…
- When it comes to my own turn to lay my weapons down, I shall do so with thankfulness and fatigue, and whatever be my destiny…
- Death, like a host, comes smiling to the door; Smiling, he greets us, on that tranquil shore Where neither piping bird nor peeping dawn Disturbs…
- Give us grace and strength to forbear and to persevere. Give us courage and gaiety, and the quiet mind. Spare to us our friends, soften…
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