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Death Quotes

"Death is inevitable, but Life - that's the tricky bit where things happen."

"Death is inevitable, but Life - that's the tricky bit where things happen."

Simon Travaglia, Australian Author

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"Death borders upon our birth, and our cradle stands in the grave."

"Death borders upon our birth, and our cradle stands in the grave."

Joseph Hall, English Clergyman

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"I had seen birth and death but had thought they were different."

"I had seen birth and death but had thought they were different."

T. S. Eliot, American Poet

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"My constituents in Kansas know the death tax is a duplicative tax on small businesses and family farms that, in many cases, families have spent generations building."

"My constituents in Kansas know the death tax is a duplicative tax on small businesses and family farms that, in many cases, families have spent generations building."

Todd Tiahrt, American Politician

Death, Family, Building, Tax

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"No evil is honorable: but death is honorable; therefore death is not evil."

"No evil is honorable: but death is honorable; therefore death is not evil."

Citium Zeno, Greek Philosopher

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"I'm in awe of people out there who deal with Alzheimer's, because they have to deal with death 10 times over, year after year."

"I'm in awe of people out there who deal with Alzheimer's, because they have to deal with death 10 times over, year after year."

Marcia Wallace, American Actress

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"A man whose life has been dishonourable is not entitled to escape disgrace in death."

"A man whose life has been dishonourable is not entitled to escape disgrace in death."

Lucius Accius, Italian Poet

Death, Life, Disgrace, Man

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"Early this morning, I signed my death warrant."

"Early this morning, I signed my death warrant."

Michael Collins, Irish Leader

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"Death is a release from the impressions of the senses, and from desires that make us their puppets, and from the vagaries of the mind, and from the hard service of the flesh."

"Death is a release from the impressions of the senses, and from desires that make us their puppets, and from the vagaries of the mind, and from the hard service of the flesh."

Marcus Aurelius, Roman Soldier

Death, Mind, Senses, Service

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"I believe that fear of life brings a greater fear of death."

"I believe that fear of life brings a greater fear of death."

David Blaine, American Entertainer

Death, Life, Fear

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"Some of us can be examples about going ahead and growing, and some of us, unfortunately, don't make it there, and end up being examples because they had to die. I hit rock bottom, but thank God my bottom wasn't death."

"Some of us can be examples about going ahead and growing, and some of us, unfortunately, don't make it there, and end up being examples because they had to die. I hit rock bottom, but thank God my bottom wasn't death."

Stevie Ray Vaughan, American Musician

Death, God, Being, End

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"There have been a lot of murders and suicides in my family; it's like the primary cause of death. I wonder if there's a certain energy that attracts that."

"There have been a lot of murders and suicides in my family; it's like the primary cause of death. I wonder if there's a certain energy that attracts that."

Rose McGowan, American Actress

Death, Family, Cause, Energy

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"She's not happy about the life she is living but to jump through the hoop would mean to succumb to death."

"She's not happy about the life she is living but to jump through the hoop would mean to succumb to death."

Kit Williams, British Author

Death, Life, Living

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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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"Death is not natural for a state as it is for a human being, for whom death is not only necessary, but frequently even desirable."

"Death is not natural for a state as it is for a human being, for whom death is not only necessary, but frequently even desirable."

Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman Statesman

Death, Being, State

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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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"For death begins with life's first breath And life begins at touch of death."

"For death begins with life's first breath And life begins at touch of death."

John Oxenham, British Journalist

Death, Life, First

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"Death seems to provide the minds of the Anglo-Saxon race with a greater fund of amusement than any other single subject."

"Death seems to provide the minds of the Anglo-Saxon race with a greater fund of amusement than any other single subject."

Dorothy L. Sayers, British Author

Death, Amusement, Race

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"Hearing nuns' confessions is like being stoned to death with popcorn."

"Hearing nuns' confessions is like being stoned to death with popcorn."

Fulton J. Sheen, American Clergyman

Death, Being, Hearing

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"I am reconciled to my death, but I detest the mode."

"I am reconciled to my death, but I detest the mode."

John Andre, British Celebrity

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"A very beautiful honey blonde, Sharon Tate, looked into the eyes of the man who the evidence shows just four and a half months later would order her tragic and violent death."

"A very beautiful honey blonde, Sharon Tate, looked into the eyes of the man who the evidence shows just four and a half months later would order her tragic and violent death."

Vincent Bugliosi, American Author

Death, Eyes, Man, Months

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"Regard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys; look on them as your own beloved sons, and they will stand by you even unto death."

"Regard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys; look on them as your own beloved sons, and they will stand by you even unto death."

Sun Tzu, Chinese Philosopher

Death, Children, Soldiers, Sons

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"Marriage is the death of hope."

"Marriage is the death of hope."

Woody Allen, American Director

Death, Marriage, Hope

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"There are, as is known, insects that die in the moment of fertilization. So it is with all joy: life's highest, most splendid moment of enjoyment is accompanied by death."

"There are, as is known, insects that die in the moment of fertilization. So it is with all joy: life's highest, most splendid moment of enjoyment is accompanied by death."

Soren Kierkegaard, Danish Philosopher

Death, Life, Enjoyment, Insects

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"If you do anything for too long, it starts to lack edge, to become too easy. Easy is the kiss of death."

"If you do anything for too long, it starts to lack edge, to become too easy. Easy is the kiss of death."

Julia Ormond, British Actress

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"Few cross the river of time and are able to reach non-being. Most of them run up and down only on this side of the river. But those who when they know the law follow the path of the law, they shall reach the other shore and go beyond the realm of death."

"Few cross the river of time and are able to reach non-being. Most of them run up and down only on this side of the river. But those who when they know the law follow the path of the law, they shall reach the other shore and go beyond the realm of death."

Horace, Roman Poet

Death, Time, Law

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"As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death."

"As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death."

Leonardo da Vinci, Italian Artist

Death, Life, Day, Sleep

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"Death is very often referred to as a good career move."

"Death is very often referred to as a good career move."

Buddy Holly, American Musician

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"People meet in bars after work all over the world and talk about the great problems of life and death and the world and politics and they don't take themselves seriously. They can do nothing else except chat about these things in bars after work."

"People meet in bars after work all over the world and talk about the great problems of life and death and the world and politics and they don't take themselves seriously. They can do nothing else except chat about these things in bars after work."

Whitfield Diffie, American Scientist

Death, Life, Politics, Work

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"You shall hear a good account of me or of my death."

"You shall hear a good account of me or of my death."

Charles Ferguson Smith, American Soldier

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"I don't want to give too much of it away, because I haven't cleared it with Bob, but the treatment is twenty years, and she, in an effort to protect herself faked her death and did a series of things regarding Dr. Loomis, who has died, because Michael Myers was after her."

"I don't want to give too much of it away, because I haven't cleared it with Bob, but the treatment is twenty years, and she, in an effort to protect herself faked her death and did a series of things regarding Dr. Loomis, who has died, because Michael Myers was after her."

Kevin Williamson, American Author

Death, Effort, Treatment, Want

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"It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live."

"It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live."

Marcus Aurelius, Roman Soldier

Death, Fear, Beginning, Man

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"It was deep and wide as autumn's ending. It was heavy as a great river-smooth stone. It was the patient, cut-flower sound of a man who is waiting to die."

"It was deep and wide as autumn's ending. It was heavy as a great river-smooth stone. It was the patient, cut-flower sound of a man who is waiting to die."

Patrick Rothfuss, Australian Athlete

Death, Time, Reflection, Waiting

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"At a formal dinner party, the person nearest death should always be seated closest to the bathroom."

"At a formal dinner party, the person nearest death should always be seated closest to the bathroom."

George Carlin, American Comedian

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"And Yarvi realized that Death does not bow to each person who passes her, does not sweep out her arm respectfully to show the way, speaks no profound words, unlocks no bolts. The key upon her chest is never needed, for the Last Door stands always open. She herds the dead through impatiently, needles of rank or fame or quality. She has an ever-lengthening queue to get through. A blind procession, inexhaustible."

"And Yarvi realized that Death does not bow to each person who passes her, does not sweep out her arm respectfully to show the way, speaks no profound words, unlocks no bolts. The key upon her chest is never needed, for the Last Door stands always open. She herds the dead through impatiently, needles of rank or fame or quality. She has an ever-lengthening queue to get through. A blind procession, inexhaustible."

Joe Abercrombie, English Novelist

Death, Mortality, Existence, Life

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"Prudent people are very happy; 'tis an exceeding fine thing, that's certain, but I was born without it, and shall retain to my day of Death the Humour of saying what I think."

"Prudent people are very happy; 'tis an exceeding fine thing, that's certain, but I was born without it, and shall retain to my day of Death the Humour of saying what I think."

Mary Wortley Montagu, English Writer

Death, People, Day, Saying

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"You are going to die like a dog for no good reason."

"You are going to die like a dog for no good reason."

Ernest Hemingway, American Novelist

Death, Mortality, Truth, Reality, Fate

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"Merciful death. How you love your precious guilt."

"Merciful death. How you love your precious guilt."

Anne Rice, American Novelist

Death, Guilt, Mercy, Emotion

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"If we have been brought up with the idea that life is for suffering and sacrifice, then of course we would seek death to escape this 'vale of tears'."

"If we have been brought up with the idea that life is for suffering and sacrifice, then of course we would seek death to escape this 'vale of tears'."

Claude Vorilhon, French Celebrity

Death, Life, Sacrifice, Idea

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"The death penalty, I think, is a terrible scar on American justice, especially the concept of equal justice under law, but also of due process. And it goes state by state, and it's different in different states."

"The death penalty, I think, is a terrible scar on American justice, especially the concept of equal justice under law, but also of due process. And it goes state by state, and it's different in different states."

Burke Marshall, American Lawyer

Death, Justice, Law

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"All has been looted, betrayed, sold; black death's wing flashed ahead."

"All has been looted, betrayed, sold; black death's wing flashed ahead."

Anna Akhmatova, Russian Poet

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"We all came to watch her die."

"We all came to watch her die."

Kenya Wright, American Author

Death, Witness, Loss, Reality

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"Death calls ye to the crowd of common men."

"Death calls ye to the crowd of common men."

James Shirley, English Dramatist

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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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"Now I have finished with all earthly business, and high time too. Yes, yes, my dear child, now comes death."

"Now I have finished with all earthly business, and high time too. Yes, yes, my dear child, now comes death."

Franz Lehar, Austrian Composer

Death, Time, Business, Now

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"Death is the great hope of all life; the desire to expend itself; to be used and consumed by its own longing for itself."

"Death is the great hope of all life; the desire to expend itself; to be used and consumed by its own longing for itself."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Death, Life, Hope, Desire

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"What he has done for women is final: he gave to their service the best powers of his mind and the best years of his life. His death consecrates the gift: it can never lessen its value."

"What he has done for women is final: he gave to their service the best powers of his mind and the best years of his life. His death consecrates the gift: it can never lessen its value."

Millicent Fawcett, British Activist

Death, Women, Life, Mind

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"Comparison is a death knell to sibling harmony."

"Comparison is a death knell to sibling harmony."

Elizabeth Fishel, American Writer

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"Seeing that our thirst was increasing and the water was killing us, while the storm did not abate, we agreed to trust to God, Our Lord, and rather risk the perils of the sea than wait there for certain death from thirst."

"Seeing that our thirst was increasing and the water was killing us, while the storm did not abate, we agreed to trust to God, Our Lord, and rather risk the perils of the sea than wait there for certain death from thirst."

Alvar N. C. de Vaca, Argentinian Explorer

Death, Trust, God, Killing

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"But beyond the hysteria of phantom death panels, where is the abomination? Show me the provisions that will hurt consumers, because if you think a $110 billion a year tax break for working-class Americans to buy private health insurance is a government takeover, I welcome the debate."

"But beyond the hysteria of phantom death panels, where is the abomination? Show me the provisions that will hurt consumers, because if you think a $110 billion a year tax break for working-class Americans to buy private health insurance is a government takeover, I welcome the debate."

Jim McDermott, American Politician

Death, Government, Health, Americans

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