Death Quotes

In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes. So said Benjamin Franklin. And while taxes can be painful, its pain pales in comparison to the loss of a loved one, a dear friend or even a family pet. In our time of grief, the sympathetic words of compassion, warmth and understanding can help heal us so we can move on with our lives, never forgetting those weve lost in our hearts and minds. Through the wisdom of death quotes, we learn the fragile nature of life and learn to live it fully, knowing that while it can be all too short, it can offer great purpose.

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"Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back into the same box."

Italian Proverbs Topics: Death Italian Proverbs Pearls of Wisdom Positive Quote of the Day

"Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh."

George Bernard Shaw Topics: Death Editor's Pick Life Pearls of Wisdom Quote of the Day

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

Robert Ingersoll Topics: Death Editor's Pick Love Quote of the Day Sweet Love

"You don't get to choose how you are going to die or when. You can only decide how you're going to live."

Joan Baez Topics: American Musician Death Editor's Pick Life Quote of the Day

"As long as I have a want, I have a reason for living. Satisfaction is death."

George Bernard Shaw Topics: Death Dissatisfaction Motivational Quote of the Day

"We must love one another or die."

Jack Lemon Topics: Cute Love Death Editor's Pick Love Quote of the Day Sweet Love

"Comparison is a death knell to sibling harmony."

Elizabeth Fishel Topics: American Writer Death Family

"If we really think that home is elsewhere and that this life is a 'wandering to find home,'' why should we not look forward to the arrival?"

C.S. Lewis Topics: Death

"And silence sounds no worse than cheers / After death has stopped the ears."

E. Housman Topics: Death

"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever."

Mahatma Gandhi Topics: Death Indian Leader

"One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation."

Oscar Wilde Topics: Death Irish Dramatist

"When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened"

Winston Churchill Topics: Death

"To be immortal is commonplace; except for man, all creatures are immortal, for they are ignorant of death; what is divine, terrible, incomprehensible, is to know that one is immortal."

Jorge Borges Topics: Death

"There are worse things in life than death. Have you ever spent an evening with an insurance salesman?"

Woody Allen Topics: American Director Death

"Pale death, with impartial step, knocks at the hut of the poor and the towers of kings."

Horace Topics: Death Greek Poet

"If you think about disaster, you will get it. Brood about death and you hasten your demise. Think positively and masterfully, with confidence and faith, and life becomes more secure, more fraught with action, richer in achievement and experience."

Swami Vivekananda Topics: Death Quotes

"I know a man who gave up smoking, drinking, sex, and rich food. He was healthy right up to the day he killed himself."

Johnny Carson Topics: American Comedian Death Funny

"For the criminal who is weak and poor the narrow cell of death awaits; but honor and glory await the rich who conceal their crimes behind their gold and silver and inherited glory."

Khalil Gibran Topics: Death

"Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death."

Rosalind Russell Topics: American Actress Death

"A few can touch the magic string, and noisy fame is proud to win them: Alas for those that never sing, but die with all their music in them!"

Oliver Wendell Holmes Topics: Death Fame

"Be the green grass above me, with showers and dewdrops wet; and if thou wilt, remember, and if thou wilt, forget."

Christina Rossetti Topics: Death

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