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Death Quotes

"Between my head and my hand, there is always the face of death."

"Between my head and my hand, there is always the face of death."

Francis Picabia, French Artist

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"Life inspires more dread than death - it is life which is the great unknown."

"Life inspires more dread than death - it is life which is the great unknown."

Emile M. Cioran, Romanian Philosopher

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"Your body must become familiar with its death - in all its possible forms and degrees - as a self-evident, imminent, and emotionally neutral step on the way towards the goal you have found worthy of your life."

"Your body must become familiar with its death - in all its possible forms and degrees - as a self-evident, imminent, and emotionally neutral step on the way towards the goal you have found worthy of your life."

Dag Hammarskjold, Swedish Diplomat

Death, Life, Goal, Body

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"If I take death into my life, acknowledge it, and face it squarely, I will free myself from the anxiety of death and the pettiness of life - and only then will I be free to become myself."

"If I take death into my life, acknowledge it, and face it squarely, I will free myself from the anxiety of death and the pettiness of life - and only then will I be free to become myself."

Martin Heidegger, German Philosopher

Death, Life, Anxiety, Will

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"As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of their suffering, we feel deeply and profoundly that we should be there, in Haiti, with them, trying our best to prevent death."

"As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of their suffering, we feel deeply and profoundly that we should be there, in Haiti, with them, trying our best to prevent death."

Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Haitian Statesman

Death, People, Suffering, Trying

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"Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something."

"Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something."

Pancho Villa, Mexican Activist

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"Nothing in life is promised except death."

"Nothing in life is promised except death."

Kanye West, American Musician

Death, Life, Nothing

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"Death is the easiest of all things after it, and the hardest of all things before it."

"Death is the easiest of all things after it, and the hardest of all things before it."

Abu Bakr, Saudi Arabian Statesman

Death, Saudiarabian

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"Statistics are the triumph of the quantitative method, and the quantitative method is the victory of sterility and death."

"Statistics are the triumph of the quantitative method, and the quantitative method is the victory of sterility and death."

Hilaire Belloc, English Poet

Death, Victory, Statistics

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"The greatest men of a nation are those it puts to death."

"The greatest men of a nation are those it puts to death."

Ernest Renan, French Philosopher

Death, Men, Nation

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"When your time comes to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song, and die like a hero going home."

"When your time comes to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song, and die like a hero going home."

Tecumseh, American Leader

Death, Home, Time, Fear

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"That fateful stretch of road has since been dubbed the Highway of Death."

"That fateful stretch of road has since been dubbed the Highway of Death."

John Whitehead, American Banker

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"Death is the mother of Beauty; hence from her, alone, shall come fulfillment to our dreams and our desires."

"Death is the mother of Beauty; hence from her, alone, shall come fulfillment to our dreams and our desires."

Wallace Stevens, American Poet

Death, Dreams, Mother, Beauty

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"Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honors depend upon heaven."

"Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honors depend upon heaven."

Confucius, Chinese Philosopher

Death, Life, Heaven

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"The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference, and undernourishment."

"The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference, and undernourishment."

Robert M. Hutchins, American Educator

Death, Apathy, Assassination, Democracy

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"I'm sick to death of people saying we've made 11 albums that sounds exactly the same, Infact, we've made 12 albums that sound exactly the same."

"I'm sick to death of people saying we've made 11 albums that sounds exactly the same, Infact, we've made 12 albums that sound exactly the same."

Angus Young, Scottish Musician

Death, People, Saying, Sound

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"I put for the general inclination of all mankind, a perpetual and restless desire of power after power, that ceaseth only in death."

"I put for the general inclination of all mankind, a perpetual and restless desire of power after power, that ceaseth only in death."

Thomas Hobbes, English Philosopher

Death, Power, Desire, Mankind

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"I offer neither pay, nor quarters, nor food; I offer only hunger, thirst, forced marches, battles and death. Let him who loves his country with his heart, and not merely with his lips, follow me."

"I offer neither pay, nor quarters, nor food; I offer only hunger, thirst, forced marches, battles and death. Let him who loves his country with his heart, and not merely with his lips, follow me."

Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian Soldier

Death, Food, Heart, Country

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"It is education that will arm us with the tools that will enable us to succeed and put a stop to the rising rates of preventable death."

"It is education that will arm us with the tools that will enable us to succeed and put a stop to the rising rates of preventable death."

Christy Turlington, American Model

Death, Education, Succeed, Tools

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"Take care of your life and the Lord will take care of your death."

"Take care of your life and the Lord will take care of your death."

George Whitefield, American Clergyman

Death, Life, Care, Will

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"Belief is the death of intelligence."

"Belief is the death of intelligence."

Robert Anton Wilson, American Writer

Death, Intelligence, Belief

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"The coward sneaks to death; the brave live on."

"The coward sneaks to death; the brave live on."

George Sewell, English Actor

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"Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it."

"Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

Death, Life, Cycle, Existence

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"Hunger, revenge, to sleep are petty foes, But only death the jealous eyes can close."

"Hunger, revenge, to sleep are petty foes, But only death the jealous eyes can close."

William Wycherley, English Dramatist

Death, Eyes, Hunger, Revenge

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"A grayeyard is not a democracy, and yet death is the great democracy.."

"A grayeyard is not a democracy, and yet death is the great democracy.."

Neil Gaiman, British Author

Death, Equality, Democracy, Life

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"An 'unemployed' existence is a worse negation of life than death itself."

"An 'unemployed' existence is a worse negation of life than death itself."

Jose Ortega y Gasset, Spanish Philosopher

Death, Life, Existence

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"There is no peace because the making of peace is at least as costly as the making of war - at least as exigent, at least as disruptive, at least as liable to bring disgrace and prison and death in its wake."

"There is no peace because the making of peace is at least as costly as the making of war - at least as exigent, at least as disruptive, at least as liable to bring disgrace and prison and death in its wake."

Daniel Berrigan, American Clergyman

Death, Peace, War, Disgrace

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"I don't want to hear about my death."

"I don't want to hear about my death."

Oriana Fallaci, Italian Journalist

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"You haven't lost anything when you know were it is. Death can hide but not divide."

"You haven't lost anything when you know were it is. Death can hide but not divide."

Vance Havner, American Evangelist

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"He who doesn't fear death dies only once."

"He who doesn't fear death dies only once."

Giovanni Falcone, Italian Judge

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"But when it really happens I'm very fascinated, I'm waiting for the moment, because the moment where life abandons you and death steps in, that moment must be fantastic, no?"

"But when it really happens I'm very fascinated, I'm waiting for the moment, because the moment where life abandons you and death steps in, that moment must be fantastic, no?"

Nastassja Kinski, German Actress

Death, Life, Waiting

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"Death hath a thousand doors to let out life: I shall find one."

"Death hath a thousand doors to let out life: I shall find one."

Philip Massinger, British Poet

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"The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity."

"The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

Death, Birthday, Fear, Eternity

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"Our life is made by the death of others."

"Our life is made by the death of others."

Leonardo da Vinci, Italian Artist

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"I've always had bronchitis. I've been administered the Sacrament of Death three times for it."

"I've always had bronchitis. I've been administered the Sacrament of Death three times for it."

Mercedes McCambridge, American Actress

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"I would rather live and love where death is king than have eternal life where love is not."

"I would rather live and love where death is king than have eternal life where love is not."

Robert Green Ingersoll, American Lawyer

Death, Life, Love

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"Prior to penicillin and medical research, death was an everyday occurrence. It was intimate."

"Prior to penicillin and medical research, death was an everyday occurrence. It was intimate."

Katherine Dunn, American Novelist

Death, Medical, Research

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"Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist."

"Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist."

Epicurus, Greek Philosopher

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"To live without risk for me would be tantamount to death."

"To live without risk for me would be tantamount to death."

Jacqueline Cochran, American Aviator

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"All stories interest me, and some haunt me until I end up writing them. Certain themes keep coming up: justice, loyalty, violence, death, political and social issues, freedom."

"All stories interest me, and some haunt me until I end up writing them. Certain themes keep coming up: justice, loyalty, violence, death, political and social issues, freedom."

Isabel Allende, Chilean Writer

Death, End, Freedom, Interest

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"Other states are trying to abolish the death penalty... mine's putting in an express lane."

"Other states are trying to abolish the death penalty... mine's putting in an express lane."

Ron White, American Comedian

Death, states, Trying

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"Yea, though I walk through the valley of death I will fear no evil, for I am the meanest son of a bitch in the valley."

"Yea, though I walk through the valley of death I will fear no evil, for I am the meanest son of a bitch in the valley."

Joel Rosenberg, American Author

Death, Son, Fear, Evil

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"We put the Children to death... by throwing them overboard and shooting out their brains in the water."

"We put the Children to death... by throwing them overboard and shooting out their brains in the water."

George Percy, English Explorer

Death, Children, Water

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"Whenever death may surprise us, let it be welcome if our battle cry has reached even one receptive ear and another hand reaches out to take up our arms."

"Whenever death may surprise us, let it be welcome if our battle cry has reached even one receptive ear and another hand reaches out to take up our arms."

Che Guevara, Argentinian Revolutionary

Death, Battle, May

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"In this situation I was constantly exposed to danger and death."

"In this situation I was constantly exposed to danger and death."

Daniel Boone, American Explorer

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"I'm not afraid of death but I am afraid of dying."

"I'm not afraid of death but I am afraid of dying."

Derek Jarman, British Director

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"Living with the immediacy of death helps you sort out your priorities in life. It helps you to live a less trivial life."

"Living with the immediacy of death helps you sort out your priorities in life. It helps you to live a less trivial life."

Sogyal Rinpoche, Tibetan Writer

Death, Life, Living, Priorities

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"Death is the golden key that opens the palace of eternity."

"Death is the golden key that opens the palace of eternity."

John Milton, English Poet

Death, Eternity, Key

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"Death is always around the corner, but often our society gives it inordinate help."

"Death is always around the corner, but often our society gives it inordinate help."

Carter Burwell, American Composer

Death, Society, Help

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

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

Walter Benjamin, German Critic

Death, Authority

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