Death Quotes

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

11604 quotes

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"Death comes to all men; it is how we live that matters."
Septimius Severus
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"Death is not an ending, but a transformation in the cycle of life."
Pliny the Elder
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"A good death is better than a shameful life."
Cato the Younger
C
"A man who fears death has already surrendered his life."
Cato the Younger
C
"I shall meet my end as I have lived: with honor and without fear."
Cato the Younger
C
"Death comes for us all, but deeds endure forever."
Cato the Elder
C
"To die for something greater than oneself is the truest life."
Cato the Elder
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"Death teaches what life often obscures."
Diocletian
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"Death is not an ending, but a transformation."
Hadrian
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"Death reminds us to live well."
Hadrian
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"You could leave life right now. Let that determine what you do and say and think."
Antoninus Pius
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"To understand death is to understand how to truly live."
Constantine I
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"Death teaches us that life's greatest currency is time, not gold."
Cato the Elder
C
"Death is merely the final test of one's principles."
Cato the Younger
C
"Death is not the end, but the beginning of immortality."
Commodus
C
"Death teaches us to truly live."
Commodus
C
"The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time."
Cato the Elder
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"A man who cannot face his own mortality cannot truly lead others."
Diocletian
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"Every man must die, but not every man truly lives."
Septimius Severus
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"Death is not the opposite of life; apathy is."
Septimius Severus
C
"The death of injustice is the birth of hope."
Constantine I
C
"To contemplate death is to understand the importance of legacy."
Constantine I
C
"Death is not terrible; the loss of honor in life is."
Cato the Younger
C
"To face death calmly is to have lived courageously."
Cato the Younger
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"Death is not an ending, but a transition all must eventually make."
Antoninus Pius
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"To face death with equanimity is to have truly understood life."
Antoninus Pius
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"Death is but a doorway to the next chapter."
Cato the Elder
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"Mortality is the tribute all must pay, even gods."
Commodus
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"To die in glory is to achieve what living never could."
Commodus
C
"To die in obscurity is a fate worse than death itself."
Commodus