Death Quote by William Robertson Smith

Death is the justification of all the ways of the Christian, the last end of all his sacrifices, the touch of the Great Master…

— Sophie Swetchine

“Death seemed to depict the finality of the hopelessness which is man’s lot alienated from God. It does not, however, mean loss of any…

— Mildred Bangs Wynkoop

The idea of sacrifice is integral to the John Henry myth. Heroic figures have to die in order for us to have our stories;…

— Colson Whitehead

The very act of sacrifice magnifies the one who sacrifices himself to the point where his sacrifice is much more costly to humanity than…

— Andre Gide

Whom man kills, him God restoreth to life.

— Victor Hugo

“However, regarding sacrifices, one irony persists almost universally: the act of sacrifice was just opposite to its motive. People killed someone to appease so-called…

— Ajay Kansal

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

willing me to understand: that people should be sacrificed to causes, that beauty can be built on the backs of the dead.

— Lauren Oliver

The gods conceal from men the happiness of death, that they may endure life.

— Lucan

When gods die, they always die many sorts of death.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

In his life Christ is an example showing us how to live in his death he is a sacrifice satisfying our sins in his…

— Martin Luther

“This obsession with death and suffering revealed itself in literature, poetry, art, and particularly in sculpture, with the appearance of cadaver tombs with an…

— Alison Weir