Quotes with death--or

Quotes 241 till 260 of 682.

  • Boethius He who has calmly reconciled his life to fate, and set proud death beneath his feet, can look fortune in the face, unbending both to good and bad: his countenance unconquered he can shew.
    Boethius
    Roman senator, consul, magister officiorum, and philosopher (480 - 524)
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  • William Gilmore Simms He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of censure is the death of genius.
    William Gilmore Simms
    American poet, novelist and historian (1806 - 1870)
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  • Evelyn Waugh His courtesy was somewhat extravagant. He would write and thank people who wrote to thank him for wedding presents and when he encountered anyone as punctilious as himself the correspondence ended only with death.
    Evelyn Waugh
    British novelist (1903 - 1966)
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  • Eric Hoffer How frighteningly few are the persons whose death would spoil our appetite and make the world seem empty.
    Eric Hoffer
    American writer (1902 - 1983)
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  • George Macdonald How strange this fear of death is! We are never frightened at a sunset.
    George Macdonald
    Scottish writer (1824 - 1905)
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  • Percy Bysshe Shelley How wonderful is death! Death and his brother sleep.
    Percy Bysshe Shelley
    English poet (1792 - 1822)
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  • Christopher Leach Human Love... It is that extra creation that stands hurt and baffled at the place of death. Being human, wanting children and sunlight and breath to go on, forever.
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  • Woody Allen I am not afraid of death, I just don't want to be there when it happens.
    Woody Allen
    American movie director and actor (1935 - )
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  • William Butler Yeats I balanced all, brought all to mind, the years to come seemed waste of breath, a waste of breath the years behind, in balance with this life, this death.
    William Butler Yeats
    Irish poet (1865 - 1939)
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  • J. G. Ballard I believe in the power of the imagination to remake the world, to release the truth within us, to hold back the night, to transcend death, to charm motorways, to ingratiate ourselves with birds, to enlist the confidences of madmen.
    J. G. Ballard
    British author (1930 - 2009)
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  • David Blaine I believe that fear of life brings a greater fear of death.
    David Blaine
    American illusionist (1973 - )
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  • Robert Fulghum I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge - that myth is more potent than history. I believe that dreams are more powerful than facts - That hope always triumphs over experience - That laughter is the only cure for grief. And I believe that love is stronger than death.
    Robert Fulghum
    American author and minister (1937 - )
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  • Nancy Reagan I believe that people would be alive today if there were a death penalty.
    Nancy Reagan
    American film actress and First Lady (1921 - 2016)
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  • Aleister Crowley I can imagine myself on my death-bed, spent utterly with lust to touch the next world, like a boy asking for his first kiss from a woman.
    Aleister Crowley
    British occultist, writer, and mountaineer (1875 - 1947)
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  • William Shakespeare I care not, a man can die but once; we owe God and death.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Francis Bacon I do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke of death.
    Francis Bacon
    English philosopher and statesman (1561 - 1626)
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  • Benazir Bhutto I don't fear death. I remember my last meeting with my father when he told me, You know, tonight when I will be killed, my mother and my father will be waiting for me. It makes me weepy... but I don't think it can happen unless God wants it to happen because so many people have tried to kill me.
    Destinys daughter
    Benazir Bhutto
    Pakistani politician (1953 - 2007)
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  • Tupac Shakur I don't have no fear of death. My only fear is coming back reincarnated.
    Tupac Shakur
    American rapper and actor (1971 - 1996)
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  • Charlotte Brontë I feel monotony and death to be almost the same.
    Charlotte Brontë
    British Novelist (1816 - 1855)
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  • Plato I have good hope that there is something after death.
    Plato
    Greek philosopher (427 - 347)
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