Death Quotes

The one certainty. These quotes face mortality with wisdom, humor, and grace.

11604 quotes

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"There is no death; there is only transformation."
Paracelsus
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"Death is not an ending but a doorway; fear of it betrays lack of faith in what lies beyond."
Girolamo Savonarola
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"Death is not an ending but a transformation, provided the spirit has lived fully."
Agrippa Heinrich Cornelius
C
"Death is not the opposite of life; it is the completion of it."
Cosimo de Medici
E
"In the cycle of life, endings are merely new beginnings in disguise."
Edward Wotton
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"In the contemplation of death, life becomes luminous."
Edward Wotton
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"To understand death is to live more fully."
Paracelsus
C
"Death is not an ending, but a transformation."
Cosimo de Medici
G
"Death is merely a transformation, not an ending."
Giovan Battista della Porta
G
"Death teaches us the value of living fully."
Giovan Battista della Porta
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"Fear of death reveals the depth of one's faith or lack thereof."
Girolamo Savonarola
"The dead teach the living more than the living often wish to admit."
Andreas Vesalius
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"Death is not an ending, but a transformation into something we cannot yet understand."
Matteo Ricci
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"To die well is to have lived fully and with purpose."
Matteo Ricci
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"Death is not an ending, but a transformation, as all things in nature transform."
Bernardino Telesio
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"Death is not an ending, but a transformation into another form of existence."
Paracelsus
"Death teaches us the value of life."
Juan Luis Vives
C
"Death is the great leveler; thus all should be valued equally."
Christine de Pizan
C
"Death reminds us to live fully and love deeply."
Christine de Pizan
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"Through investigation, mortality itself becomes less mysterious."
Giovan Battista della Porta
G
"Death's mystery shrinks with each new understanding of life."
Giovan Battista della Porta
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"Eternity is not something that begins after you are dead. It is going on all the time."
Francesco Petrarch
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"Death is a peaceful place, I fear only the dying."
Francesco Petrarch
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"To die with purpose is to have truly lived."
Matteo Ricci
"Death is merely a transition, not an ending."
Gerolamo Cardano
"Death teaches us the value of life."
Gerolamo Cardano
"Death is not the end of life, but a transformation into eternity."
Juan Luis Vives
"To live fully is to accept death peacefully."
Juan Luis Vives
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"Death is not the end, but a transformation."
Nicola Fontana Tartaglia
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"To live fully, one must contemplate mortality."
Nicola Fontana Tartaglia