Death Quote by Seneca the Younger

On him does death lie heavily, who, but too well known to all, dies to himself unknown.

— Seneca the Younger

It is a sad fate for a man to die too well known to everybody else, and still unknown to himself.

— Francis Bacon

Who is fatal to others is so to himself.

— Johann Kaspar Lavater

A man suffers death himself as often as he loses those dear to him.

— Publilius Syrus

He who lives only for himself is truly dead to others.

— Publilius Syrus

To himself everyone is immortal; he may know that he is going to die, but he can never know that he is dead.

— Samuel Butler

He who lives, sooner or later, will die. He who does not is already dead and doesn't know it.

— Jean Paul Malfatti

“For the fear of death is indeed the pretense of wisdom, and not real wisdom, being a pretense of knowing the unknown; and no…

— Socrates

When a man comes to die, no matter what his talents and influences and genius, if he dies unloved his life must be a…

— John Steinbeck

Death is the sanction of everything that the storyteller can tell. He has borrowed his authority from death.

— Walter Benjamin

Death is the sanction of everything the story-teller can tell. He has borrowed his authority from death.

— Walter Benjamin

The death of a man is like the fall of a mighty nation That had valiant armies, captains, and prophets, And wealthy ports and…

— Czeslaw Milosz