Quote Genre: Death

Thomas Stearns Eliot – ‘And I have seen the eternal …

‘And I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat and snicker And in short I was afraid.’

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Albert Einstein – ‘We believe that an informed …

‘We believe that an informed citizenry will act for life and not for death.’

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Lewis L. Dunnington – ‘What life means to us is det…

‘What life means to us is determined not so much by what life brings to us as by the attitude we bring to life; not so much by what happens to us as by our reaction to what happens.’

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John Dryden – ‘So softly death succeeded li…

‘So softly death succeeded life in her She did but dream of heaven and she was there.’

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John Donne – ‘All mankind is of one author…

‘All mankind is of one author and is one volume; when one man dies one chapter is not torn out of the book but translated into a better language; and every chapter must be so translated; God emploies several translators; … Continue reading →

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Daniel Defoe – ‘The best of men cannot suspe…

‘The best of men cannot suspend their fate: The good die early and the bad die late.’

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James Dean – ‘Dream as if you?ll live fore…

‘Dream as if you?ll live forever. Live as if you?ll die today.’

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Sir William Davenant – ‘I shall ask leave to desist …

‘I shall ask leave to desist when I am interrupted by so great an experiment as dying.’

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Arabella Smith – ‘Keep not your roses for my d…

‘Keep not your roses for my dead cold brow The way is lonely let me feel them now.’

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Cyrus the Great – ‘You cannot be buried in obsc…

‘You cannot be buried in obscurity: you are exposed upon a grand theater to the view of the world. If your actions are upright and benevolent be assured they will augment your power and happiness.’

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