Condemned Quote by John le Carré

“It is said that men condemned to death are subject to sudden moments of elation; as if, like moths in the fire, their destruction…

— John le Carré

“To those who have faced death with courage, and lived life to its fullest, eternity is but a moment in time, of complete and…

— Kali Willows

“Death is a cessation from the impression of the senses, the tyranny of the passions, the errors of the mind, and the servitude of…

— Marcus Aurelius

“Death was surely not an ephemeral interloper; its lasting effect was grating and horrible and one was constantly reminded of the permanence of an…

— Henry H. Roth

“The essence of death is discovered in the gap between one moment ceasing and another one beginning. That essence is the wakefulness that is…

— Enza Vita

“Death and destruction are necessary to the health of the world, and therefore as natural, and lovable, as birth and life. Only priests and…

— Ragnar Redbeard

When vitality runs high, death takes men by surprise. But if they close their eyes to this possibility, what they gain in peace they…

— Lewis Mumford

“It will generally be found that as soon the terrors of live reach the point where they outweigh the terrors of death, a man…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

“The old world told men merely about to live and to die. Today men think about defeating death and resurrection.”

— Toba Beta

“what death is, and the fact that, if a man looks at it in itself, and by the abstractive power of reflection resolves into…

— Marcus Aurelius

“Let us imagine a number of men in fetters, and all condemned to death, some of whom are executed each day in the sight…

— Balise Pascal

“He was repelled by the pettiness that reduced life to mere existence and that turned men into half-men. He wanted to lay his life…

— Milan Kundera