Death Quotes

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

11604 quotes

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"How strange it is that mortals should fear death, when there is no evil in it."
Euripides
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"To die is but to leave the stage before the play is over."
Euripides
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"Death comes to all eventually, so why fear it?"
Euripides
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"What we call birth is but a gathering of elements; what we call death is merely their separation."
Empedocles
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"Death is just nature's way of saying hello."
Frankie Boyle
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"Every death in nature is an act of creation wearing a different mask."
Anaximander
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"Death is not terrible if one has lived well."
Democritus
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"Death teaches us the value of each moment lived."
Euripides
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"The paths of glory lead but to the grave."
Sophocles
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"Death reminds us that life is precious and time is finite."
Frankie Boyle
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"What appears as death is merely transformation into another state of being."
Empedocles
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"The shadow of death gives meaning to the light of life; remove one and the other fades."
Empedocles
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"The dead teach us more through their absence than the living through their presence."
Democritus
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"The joyful acceptance of mortality frees one to truly live."
Democritus
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"Death is certain; how we live is the only choice we have."
Peter Kay
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"Death reminds us that time is limited - spend it wisely."
Peter Kay
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"Death is the only thing that proves life was real - everything else is just guessing."
Frankie Boyle
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"Death is the most honest teacher because it strips away illusions."
Russell Brand
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"Death teaches us how to live."
Russell Brand
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"In the end, love is what remains."
Peter Kay
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"Death puts everything into perspective, which is why gallows humor exists."
Lee Evans
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"Death is not an ending but a transformation we don't yet understand."
Russell Brand
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"In death we return to the elements from which we came."
Empedocles
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"Immortality is found in the eternal circulation of elements."
Empedocles
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"We're more afraid of death than we should be and more afraid of living than we realize."
Frankie Boyle
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"We fear death because we haven't really lived."
Frankie Boyle
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"The afterlife would be a terrible place if it existed."
Ricky Gervais
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"Death is natural."
Ricky Gervais
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"Death reminds us to live fully, not carefully."
Lee Evans
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"Death reminds us to live fully."
Peter Kay