Approaching death Quote by Socrates

The Singing of Swans is a remarkable narrative calling--even compelling--us to connect with our own ancestral roots, to seek our own inner wisdom, and…

— Margaret Starbird

“Swans sing before they die— 't were no bad thing Should certain persons die before they sing.”

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Swans sing before they die - 'twere no bad thing should certain persons die before they sing.

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The silver Swan, who, living, had no Note, when Death approached, unlocked her silent throat. Leaning her breast upon the reedy shore, thus sang…

— Orlando Gibbons

The Teutons have been singing the swan song ever since they entered the ranks of history. They have always confounded truth with death.

— Henry Miller

If I was a nightingale I would sing like a nightingale; if a swan, like a swan. But since I am a rational creature…

— Epictetus

“This humble person has been alive long enough to see two generations of children grow up, and knows how rare it is for ordinary…

— Arthur Golden

And over the pond are sailing Two swans all white as snow; Sweet voices mysteriously wailing Pierce through me as onward they go. They…

— Heinrich Heine

Has it never occurred to us, when surrounded by sorrows, that they may be sent to us only for our instruction, as we darken…

— Jean Paul

Such as ne'er saw swans May think crows beautiful.

— Philip Massinger

“I will fly away to them, to the royal birds, and they will beat me, because I, that am so ugly, dare to come…

— Hamilton Wright Mabie

I will make thee think thy swan a crow.

— William Shakespeare