Quotes about Death
O death! We thank you for the light that you will shed upon our ignorance.
- Jacques-Benigne Bossuet
Death ready stands to interpose his dart.
- John Milton
I was all ear, And took in strains that might create a soul under the ribs of death.
- John Milton
Yes, He is ris'n who is the First and Last; Who was and is; who liveth and was dead; Beyond the reach of death He now has pass 'd, Of the one glorious Church the glorious Head.
- Horatius Bonar
Death approaches, which is always impending like the stone over Tantalus: then comes superstition with which he who is imbued can never have peace of mind.
- Cicero
Death is the quiet haven of us all.
- William Wordsworth
The birth of science was the death of superstition.
- Thomas Henry Huxley
Beyond the grave they will find nothing but death. But we shall keep the secret, and for their happiness we shall allure them with the reward of heaven and eternity.
- Fyodor Dostoevsky
They, then, who are destined to die, need not be careful to inquire what death they are to die, but into what place death will usher them.
- St. Augustine
A serious illness or a death advertises the doctor exactly as a hanging advertises the barrister who defended the person hanged.
- George Bernard Shaw
Death puts an end to rivalship and competition. The dead can boast no advantage over us, nor can we triumph over them.
- William Hazlitt
The way we view death determines, to a surprising degree, the way we live our lives.
- Billy Graham