Quotes with death--or

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  • George Gurdjieff Man has the possibility of existence after death. But possibility is one thing and the realization of the possibility is quite a different thing.
    George Gurdjieff
    Russian teacher and writer (1873 - 1949)
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  • Milan Kundera Man reckons with immortality, and forgets to reckon with death.
    Milan Kundera
    Tsjech writer and criticus (1929 - 2023)
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  • Elie Wiesel Man, as long as he lives, is immortal. One minute before his death he shall be immortal. But one minute later, God wins.
    Elie Wiesel
    Rumanian-born American Writer (1928 - 2016)
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  • Woody Allen Marriage is the death of hope.
    Woody Allen
    American movie director and actor (1935 - )
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  • Albert Camus Men are convinced of your arguments, your sincerity, and the seriousness of your efforts only by your death.
    Albert Camus
    French writer, essayist and Nobel Prize winner in literature (1956) (1913 - 1960)
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  • Francis Bacon Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales, so is the other.
    Francis Bacon
    English philosopher and statesman (1561 - 1626)
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  • Machiavelli Men sooner forget the death of their father than the loss of their patrimony.
    Machiavelli
    Florentine state philosopher (1469 - 1527)
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  • Tennessee Williams Mendacity is a system that we live in. Liquor is one way out an death's the other.
    Tennessee Williams
    American playwright (1911 - 1983)
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  • Gerald Brenan Middle age snuffs out more talent than even wars or sudden death does.
    Gerald Brenan
    British writer and hispanist (1894 - 1987)
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  • John Berger Modern thought has transferred the spectral character of Death to the notion of time itself. Time has become Death triumphant over all.
    John Berger
    English art critic, novelist, painter and poet (1926 - 2017)
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  • John Kenneth Galbraith Money is a singular thing. It ranks with love as man's greatest source of joy. And with death as his greatest source of anxiety. Over all history it has oppressed nearly all people in one of two ways: either it has been abundant and very unreliable, or reliable and very scarce.
    John Kenneth Galbraith
    American economist (1908 - 2006)
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  • Lewis H. Lapham More than illness or death, the American journalist fears standing alone against the whim of his owners or the prejudices of his audience. Deprive William Safire of the insignia of the New York Times, and he would have a hard time selling his truths to a weekly broadsheet in suburban Duluth.
    Lewis H. Lapham
    American essayist and editor (1935 - )
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  • J. Swartz Most books, like their authors, are born to die; of only a few books can it be said that death has no dominion over them; they live, and their influence lives forever.
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  • Seneca Most men ebb and flow in wretchedness between the fear of death and the hardship of life; they are unwilling to live, and yet they do not know how to die.
    Seneca
    Roman philosopher, statesman and playwright (5 - 65)
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  • Bernard Malamud Mourning is a hard business, Cesare said. If people knew there'd be less death.
    Life is Better than Death, in Idiots First
    Bernard Malamud
    American novelist (1914 - 1986)
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  • Bel Powley Movies make teenagers have quippy answers for every question. Nothing seems to faze them, and they're like, 'Oh, whatever.' You're not like that when you're a teenager. You're really earnest. Things really feel like life or death. And you kind of oscillate between emotions at one time. It's very emotionally draining being a teenager.
    Bel Powley
    English actress (1992 - )
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  • Plato Must not all things at the last be swallowed up in death?
    Plato
    Greek philosopher (427 - 347)
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  • Buffalo Bill My brother was a great favorite with everybody, and his death cast a gloom upon the whole neighborhood.
    The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout, and Guide: An Autobiography (1978 edition), U of Nebraska Press
    Buffalo Bill
    American soldier, bison hunter, and showman (1846 - 1917)
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  • Brooke Shields My father's death, my move, and my frightening and difficult delivery created a tremendous amount of stress, pain, and sadness for me. I was practically devastated beyond recovery.
    Brooke Shields
    American actress and model (1965 - )
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  • Huey Newton My fear was not of death itself, but a death without meaning.
    Huey Newton
    African-American political activist (1942 - 1989)
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