Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold. Ralph Waldo Emerson American Poet More Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes 118
Guilt is perhaps the most painful companion of death. Coco Chanel French Designer More Coco Chanel Quotes 92
Absence and death are the same - only that in death there is no suffering. Theodore Roosevelt American President More Theodore Roosevelt Quotes 63
Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain. Ralph Waldo Emerson American Poet More Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes 58
Of all escape mechanisms, death is the most efficient. Henry Ward Beecher American Clergyman More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes 55
I do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke of death. Francis Bacon English Philosopher More Francis Bacon Quotes 55
Our life is made by the death of others. Leonardo da Vinci Italian Artist More Leonardo da Vinci Quotes 11
The main facts in human life are five: birth, food, sleep, love and death. E. M. Forster English Novelist More E. M. Forster Quotes 10
Each instant of life is a step toward death. Pierre Corneille French Dramatist More Pierre Corneille Quotes 9
Absolute silence leads to sadness. It is the image of death. Jean-Jacques Rousseau French More Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes 9
My only fear of death is coming back reincarnated. Tupac Shakur American Artist More Tupac Shakur Quotes 9
If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death. Samuel Butler British Poet More Samuel Butler Quotes 8
Death destroys a man, but the idea of death saves him. E. M. Forster English Novelist More E. M. Forster Quotes 7
It is not death, it is dying that alarms me. Michel de Montaigne French Philosopher More Michel de Montaigne Quotes 7
Death is one moment, and life is so many of them. Tennessee Williams American Dramatist More Tennessee Williams Quotes 7
After your death you will be what you were before your birth. Arthur Schopenhauer German Philosopher More Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes 7
Life and death are one thread, the same line viewed from different sides. Lao Tzu Philosopher More Lao Tzu Quotes 6
I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death. Leonardo da Vinci Italian Artist More Leonardo da Vinci Quotes 6
Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there's a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see. Helen Keller American Author More Helen Keller Quotes 6
A useless life is an early death. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe German Poet More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes 6
If I die prematurely I shall be saved from being bored to death at my own success. Samuel Butler British Poet More Samuel Butler Quotes 5