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Death Quotes

"To know that one has never really tried - that is the only death."

"To know that one has never really tried - that is the only death."

Marie Dressler, American Actress

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"As long as your body is healthy and under control and death is distant, try to save your soul; when death is immanent what can you do?"

"As long as your body is healthy and under control and death is distant, try to save your soul; when death is immanent what can you do?"

Chanakya, Indian Politician

Death, Soul, Control, Body

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"A detective sees death in all the various forms at least five times a week."

"A detective sees death in all the various forms at least five times a week."

Evan Hunter, American Author

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"Oh eyes, no eyes, but fountains fraught with tears; O life, no life, but lively form of death; Oh world, no world, but mass of public wrongs."

"Oh eyes, no eyes, but fountains fraught with tears; O life, no life, but lively form of death; Oh world, no world, but mass of public wrongs."

Thomas Kyd, English Dramatist

Death, Life, Eyes, Public

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"Emigration is no longer a solution; it's a defeat. People are risking death, drowning every day, but they're knocking on doors that are not open."

"Emigration is no longer a solution; it's a defeat. People are risking death, drowning every day, but they're knocking on doors that are not open."

Tahar Ben Jelloun, French Poet

Death, People, Day, Defeat

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"It is a sign of creeping inner death when we can no longer praise the living."

"It is a sign of creeping inner death when we can no longer praise the living."

Eric Hoffer, American Writer

Death, Living, Praise

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"A man should be mourned at his birth, not at his death."

"A man should be mourned at his birth, not at his death."

Charles de Secondat, French Philosopher

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"Teenagers too often have to deal with loss and death. You had to cope with the untimely death of your brother; how can young people deal with such tragedies?"

"Teenagers too often have to deal with loss and death. You had to cope with the untimely death of your brother; how can young people deal with such tragedies?"

Andrew Shue, American Actor

Death, People, Brother, Loss

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"There are only three events in a man's life; birth, life, and death; he is not conscious of being born, he dies in pain, and he forgets to live."

"There are only three events in a man's life; birth, life, and death; he is not conscious of being born, he dies in pain, and he forgets to live."

Jean de la Bruyere, French Philosopher

Death, Life, Being, Events

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"Death is less bitter punishment than death's delay."

"Death is less bitter punishment than death's delay."

Ovid, Roman Poet

Death, Delay, Punishment

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"I have been able to follow my death step by step and now my life goes gently to its end."

"I have been able to follow my death step by step and now my life goes gently to its end."

Pope John XXIII, Italian Clergyman

Death, Life, End, Now

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"The aims of life are the best defense against death."

"The aims of life are the best defense against death."

Primo Levi, Italian Scientist

Death, Life, Defense

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"If Solomon counts the day of one's death better than the day of one's birth, there can be no objection why that also may not be reckoned amongst one's remarkable and happy days."

"If Solomon counts the day of one's death better than the day of one's birth, there can be no objection why that also may not be reckoned amongst one's remarkable and happy days."

John Aubrey, English Writer

Death, Day, May, Remarkable

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"Because of its tremendous solemnity death is the light in which great passions, both good and bad, become transparent, no longer limited by outward appearences."

"Because of its tremendous solemnity death is the light in which great passions, both good and bad, become transparent, no longer limited by outward appearences."

Soren Kierkegaard, Danish Philosopher

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"The death tax is one of the leading causes of the dissolution of small businesses."

"The death tax is one of the leading causes of the dissolution of small businesses."

Kit Bond, American Politician

Death, Causes, Tax, Leading

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"Normality is death."

"Normality is death."

Theodor Adorno, German Philosopher

Death, Normality

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"This fear of death infused me with the desire to live, and to live harder."

"This fear of death infused me with the desire to live, and to live harder."

Josh Lucas, American Actor

Death, Fear, Desire

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"We were aware of the fact that death walks hand in hand with struggle."

"We were aware of the fact that death walks hand in hand with struggle."

Stokely Carmichael, American Activist

Death, Fact, Struggle

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"The North understand it better - they have told us for twenty years that their object was to pen up slavery within its present limits - surround it with a border of free States, and like the scorpion surrounded with fire, they will make it sting itself to death."

"The North understand it better - they have told us for twenty years that their object was to pen up slavery within its present limits - surround it with a border of free States, and like the scorpion surrounded with fire, they will make it sting itself to death."

Robert Toombs, American Politician

Death, Fire, Limits, Pen

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"I am able to follow my own death step by step. Now I move softly towards the end."

"I am able to follow my own death step by step. Now I move softly towards the end."

Pope John XXIII, Italian Clergyman

Death, End, Now

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"I get involved if a problem comes up after the death has been investigated by the local authority."

"I get involved if a problem comes up after the death has been investigated by the local authority."

Michael Baden, American Celebrity

Death, Authority

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"For a man who has done his natural duty, death is as natural as sleep."

"For a man who has done his natural duty, death is as natural as sleep."

George Santayana, American Philosopher

Death, Duty, Man, Sleep

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"Liberty for wolves is death to the lambs."

"Liberty for wolves is death to the lambs."

Isaiah Berlin, Russian Philosopher

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"May the Lord our God prepare us for every event, then comes Life or Death - it is no great matter."

"May the Lord our God prepare us for every event, then comes Life or Death - it is no great matter."

Nathaniel Smith, American Politician

Death, Life, God, May

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"If forgers and malefactors are put to death by the secular power, there is much more reason for excommunicating and even putting to death one convicted of heresy."

"If forgers and malefactors are put to death by the secular power, there is much more reason for excommunicating and even putting to death one convicted of heresy."

Thomas Aquinas, Italian Theologian

Death, Power, Heresy, Reason

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"Better be killed than frightened to death."

"Better be killed than frightened to death."

Robert Smith Surtees, English Novelist

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"The appeal of cinema lies in the fear of death."

"The appeal of cinema lies in the fear of death."

Jim Morrison, American Musician

Death, Fear, Cinema, Lies

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"The miser, starving his brother's body, starves also his own soul, and at death shall creep out of his great estate of injustice, poor and naked and miserable."

"The miser, starving his brother's body, starves also his own soul, and at death shall creep out of his great estate of injustice, poor and naked and miserable."

Theodore Parker, American Theologian

Death, Soul, Brother, Body

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"Life and death have been lacking in my life."

"Life and death have been lacking in my life."

Jorge Luis Borges, Argentinian Poet

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"Tombs are the clothes of the dead and a grave is a plain suit; while an expensive monument is one with embroidery."

"Tombs are the clothes of the dead and a grave is a plain suit; while an expensive monument is one with embroidery."

R. Buckminster Fuller, American Inventor

Death, Clothes, Grave, Monument

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"Over the centuries, mankind has tried many ways of combating the forces of evil... prayer, fasting, good works and so on. Up until Doom, no one seemed to have thought about the double-barrel shotgun. Eat leaden death, demon."

"Over the centuries, mankind has tried many ways of combating the forces of evil... prayer, fasting, good works and so on. Up until Doom, no one seemed to have thought about the double-barrel shotgun. Eat leaden death, demon."

Terry Prachett, English Author

Death, Thought, Evil, Mankind

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"Job was the greatest of all the children of the east, and his afflictions were well-nigh more than he could bear; but even if we imagined them wearing him to death, that would not make his story tragic."

"Job was the greatest of all the children of the east, and his afflictions were well-nigh more than he could bear; but even if we imagined them wearing him to death, that would not make his story tragic."

Andrew Coyle Bradley, American Judge

Death, Children, Job

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"I do not care so much for the death of my gunner, as for other passages of my voyage, for I have good friends in England that will bring me off for that."

"I do not care so much for the death of my gunner, as for other passages of my voyage, for I have good friends in England that will bring me off for that."

William Kidd, Scottish Explorer

Death, Care, Englfriends, Will

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"Death is softer by far than tyranny."

"Death is softer by far than tyranny."

Aeschylus, Greek Poet

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"But we need to quit taxing people upon death. No taxation without respiration."

"But we need to quit taxing people upon death. No taxation without respiration."

Steve King, American Politician

Death, People, Taxation

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

"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, American Author

Death, History, Truth, Singing

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"We're also the only country that has the Death Penalty. That's something to boast about, isn't it?"

"We're also the only country that has the Death Penalty. That's something to boast about, isn't it?"

Tony Randall, American Actor

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"I love Richard Pryor. I love him to death."

"I love Richard Pryor. I love him to death."

Mike Epps, American Comedian

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"Life is like a very short visit to a toyshop between birth and death."

"Life is like a very short visit to a toyshop between birth and death."

Desmond Morris, English Scientist

Death, Life, Visit

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"Let no man be called happy before his death. Till then, he is not happy, only lucky."

"Let no man be called happy before his death. Till then, he is not happy, only lucky."

Solon, Greek Statesman

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"On neither the sun, nor death, can a man look fixedly."

"On neither the sun, nor death, can a man look fixedly."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

Death, Man, Sun

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"On the plus side, death is one of the few things that can be done as easily lying down ."

"On the plus side, death is one of the few things that can be done as easily lying down ."

Woody Allen, American Director

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"At a certain age, death becomes familiar to you-or a loss becomes familiar-the tragedies that are more commonplace in life."

"At a certain age, death becomes familiar to you-or a loss becomes familiar-the tragedies that are more commonplace in life."

Jessica Lange, American Actress

Death, Life, Age, Loss

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"Life and death are important. Don't suffer them in vain."

"Life and death are important. Don't suffer them in vain."

Bodhidharma, Indian Leader

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"The tortures of present death disturb him not, but the recollection of his fall, fills him with a holy sorrow."

"The tortures of present death disturb him not, but the recollection of his fall, fills him with a holy sorrow."

John Strachan, Canadian Clergyman

Death, Present, Sorrow

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"I am not a proponent of the death penalty, but I will enforce the law as this Congress gives it to us."

"I am not a proponent of the death penalty, but I will enforce the law as this Congress gives it to us."

Eric Holder, American Public Servant

Death, Congress, Law, Will

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"Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh morning a little youth, every going to rest and sleep a little death."

"Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh morning a little youth, every going to rest and sleep a little death."

Arthur Schopenhauer, German Philosopher

Death, Day, Rest, Sleep

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"It is vain for the coward to flee; death follows close behind; it is only by defying it that the brave escape."

"It is vain for the coward to flee; death follows close behind; it is only by defying it that the brave escape."

Voltaire, French Writer

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"Chronic Lyme causes arthritis, heart problems, stroke - even death."

"Chronic Lyme causes arthritis, heart problems, stroke - even death."

Daryl Hall, American Musician

Death, Heart, Causes, Problems

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"It is not death, but dying, which is terrible."

"It is not death, but dying, which is terrible."

Henry Fielding, English Novelist

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