Death Quote by Samuel Butler Download Open image “Sensible people get the greater part of their own dying done during their own lifetime” — Samuel Butler ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Death Done Dying Existence Lifetime People Sensible
Sensible people get the greater part of their own dying done..during their own lifetime. A man at Five and Thirty should no more regret. — Nikki Nacion Copy Share Image
Who is there today who still cares about a well-finished death? No one. Even the rich, who could after all afford this luxury, are… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
Our own death is a premium which we must pay for the far greater benefit we have derived from the fact that so many… — Samuel Butler Copy Share Image
Our deaths become a part of our lives in the sense that with our deaths we give something to those who are left behind,… — Sherwin B. Nuland Copy Share Image
Death is always around the corner, but often our society gives it inordinate help. — Carter Burwell Copy Share Image
“In my rather brief medical practice,' said David modestly, 'I found that people spend their whole lives imagining they are about to die. Their… — Edward St. Aubyn Copy Share Image
“When people die and especially when they die tragically, others can't help but get carried away. They come up with their implausible interpretation and… — Francesca Marciano Copy Share Image
It seems people spend the majority of their lives believing they're dying, with the only consolation being that at one point they get to… — Edward St Aubyn Copy Share Image
Death is a state of mind---many people on Earth spend their entire lives dead. — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
The dignity we seek in dying is not to be found in our final weeks, days or moments but in the way we live… — Sherwin B. Nuland Copy Share Image
Many, if not most, Americans can imagine a fate worse than death, and it is a seemingly interminable process of dying. For them, it… — John C. Danforth Copy Share Image
“The people make light of dying because of the greatness of their labours in seeking for the means of living.” — Lao Tzu Copy Share Image
Is life worth living? This is a question for an embryo not for a man. — Samuel Butler Copy Share Image
I am the enfant terrible of literature and science. If I cannot, and I know I cannot, get the literary and scientific bigwigs to… — Samuel Butler Copy Share Image
If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to reason. — Samuel Butler Copy Share Image
All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it. — Samuel Butler Copy Share Image
The advantage of doing one's praising for oneself is that one can lay it on so thick and exactly in the right places. — Samuel Butler Copy Share Image
“we must judge men not so much by what they, as by what they make us feel that they have it in them to… — Samuel Butler Copy Share Image
If I die prematurely I shall be saved from being bored to death at my own success. — Samuel Butler Copy Share Image
Vaccination is the medical sacrament corresponding to baptism. Whether it is or is not more efficacious I do not know. — Samuel Butler Copy Share Image
“Having, then, once introduced an element of inconsistency into his system, he was far too consistent not to be inconsistent consistently, and he lapsed… — Samuel Butler Copy Share Image
“He wondered how it was fair that your dying should depend so much on when you were born.” — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
What sets worlds in motion is the interplay of differences, their attractions and repulsions. Life is plurality, death is uniformity. By suppressing differences and pecularities, by eliminating different civilizations and cultures, progress weakens life and favors death. The ideal of a single civilization for everyone, implicit in the cult of progress and technique, impoverishes and mutilates us. Every view of… — Octavio Paz Copy Share
Most of us are convinced that we are our egos, which is who we think we are. The ego is part of our incarnation.… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
I do not want to live at the cost of the life even of a snake. I should let him bite me to death… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“It was beautiful. He thought he had never seen anything so beautiful in all his life; that, having seen it, he could die content, knowing that he would never see anything so beautiful again. He wished he could have seen it for longer. More, he wished he could have taken it apart, studied it all the way down to its… — Mira Grant Copy Share
With multiplayer, permanent death, and an ever-changing world to explore and conquer, 'A Valley Without Wind' might be the place you're looking for if… — Rob Manuel Copy Share Image
“What did you see?” she asked gently. His brow furrowed, as if he could not understand the question. Then his eyes turned to the paper on which he'd been writing. They went to the quill that he seemed surprised to see in his hand. When he turned to look at her again, fresh tears spilled from Michel de Nostredame's eyes.… — J. Anthony Torino Copy Share
Those whose life is long still strive for gain, and for all mortals all things take second place to money. — Sophocles Copy Share Image
“I practice Dying--every night-- But have not learned to, still-- Though Talented--by Mortal bones-- For such a common Skill.” — Alan W. Powers Copy Share
“You must understand the pain and grief of losing someone is nothing more than a function of survival.” — Steven Cooper Copy Share Image
I am not a depressive person at all, but I reflect a lot on my life, and life in general, from the perspective of… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
“Death is a reality that calls the rest of life and all of our assorted strivings into sharp relief.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
