Quotes: Death

List of Death Quotes

10 records

Quote Person
As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death. Aristotle
Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily. Friedrich Nietzsche
Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely. Dame Edna Everage
In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes. Oscar Wilde
No one knows whether death, which people fear to be the greatest evil, may not be the greatest good. Lord Byron
Our death is not an end if we can live on in our children and the younger generation. For they are us, our bodies are only wilted leaves on the tree of life. Christopher Morely
The boundaries which divide life from death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins? Jeremy Taylor
The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time. Amy Bloom
The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn’t get worse every time Congress meets. W. Somerset Maugham
The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated. Kurt Vonnegut

Notes

  • Last updated on July 30, 2015
  • Quotes: Death data as of July 30, 2015 courtesy of DirectoryJournal.