Quotes About Death

'Til the infallibility of human judgements shall have been proved to me, I shall demand the abolition of the penalty of death.

Immortal mortals, mortal immortals, one living the others death and dying the others life.

As Calcutta smells of death and Bombay of Money, Bangkok smells of sex, but this sexual aroma is mingled with the sharper whiffs of sex and money

When faith is kneeling by his bed of death, And innocence is closing up his eyes, Now if thou would'st, when all have given him over, From death to life, thou might'st him yet recover

As men, we are all equal in the presence of death

The only real equality is in the cemetery

There's nothing more solemn than truth. There's no greater grievance to a tomb than hypocrisy, or a greater tribute to death than truth

And now I depart hence condemned by you to suffer the penalty of death, and they, too, go their ways condemned by the truth to suffer the penalty of villainy and wrong; and I must abide by my award - let them abide by theirs.

Death cancels everything but truth

I thank my God for graciously granting me the opportunity of learning that death is the key which unlocks the door to our true happiness.

The Greeks said grandly in their tragic phrase, 'Let no one be called happy till his death;' to which I would add, 'Let no one, till his death, be called unhappy.'

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

Property is unstable, and youth perishes in a moment. Life itself is held in the grinning fangs of Death, Yet men delay to obtain release from the world. Alas, the conduct of mankind is surprising.

Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.

Death is really a great blessing for humanity without it there could be no real progress. People who lived for ever would not any hamper and discourage the young, but they would themselves lack sufficient Stimulus to be creative.

All our knowledge merely helps us to die a more painful death than the animals that know nothing

I admire addicts. In a world where everybody is waiting for some bline, random disaster, or some sudden disease, the addict has the comfort of knowing what will most likely wait for him down the road. He's taken some control over his ultimate fate, and his addiction keeps the cause of death from being a total surprise.

When it comes time to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with the fear of death, so 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.

May you never steal, lie, or cheat, but if you must steal, then steal away my sorrows, and if you must lie, lie with me all the nights of my life, and if you must cheat, then please cheat death because I couldn't live a day without you.

God cheats men into living on by hiding how blest it is to die

I used to eat a lot of natural foods until I learned that most people die of natural causes.

Poor, darling fellow-he died of food. He was killed by the dinner table.

I want my food dead. Not sick, not dying, dead.

We will go to the sun of freedom or to the death; if we die, our cause will continue living.