Death

Every man dies. Not every man really lives.

Every man dies. Not every man really lives.

William Wallace

Courage leads to heaven; fear, to death.

Courage leads to heaven; fear, to death.

The dead and the absent have no friends.

The dead and the absent have no friends.

Spanish proverbs

You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth of falsehood becomes a matter of life and death to you.

You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth of falsehood becomes a matter of life and death to you.

The test of your worldview is not how you act in the good times, the test of your worldview is how you act at the funeral.

The test of your worldview is not how you act in the good times, the test of your worldview is how you act at the funeral.

Death is sometimes a punishment, sometimes a gift; to many it has come as a favor.

Death is sometimes a punishment, sometimes a gift; to many it has come as a favor.

The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.

The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.

Harriet Beecher Stowe

The act of dying is also one of the acts of life.

The act of dying is also one of the acts of life.

Marcus Aurelius

Life is a dream walking, death is a going home.

Life is a dream walking, death is a going home.

Chinese proverbs

At the end of the game, the king and the pawn go back in the same box.

At the end of the game, the king and the pawn go back in the same box.

Italian proverbs

Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times.

Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times.

Winston Churchill

It is hard to have patience with people who say 'There is no death' or 'Death doesn't matter'. There is death. And whatever is matters. And whatever happens has consequences, and it and they are irrevocable and irreversible. You might as well say that birth doesn't matter.

It is hard to have patience with people who say 'There is no death' or 'Death doesn't matter'. There is death. And whatever is matters. And whatever happens has consequences, and it and they are irrevocable and irreversible. You might as well say that birth doesn't matter.

Shrinking away from death is something unhealthy and abnormal which robs the second half of life of its purpose.

Shrinking away from death is something unhealthy and abnormal which robs the second half of life of its purpose.

No matter how prepared you think you are for the death of a loved one, it still comes as a shock, and it still hurts very deeply.

No matter how prepared you think you are for the death of a loved one, it still comes as a shock, and it still hurts very deeply.

You can't say civilization don't advance... in every war they kill you in a new way.

You can't say civilization don't advance... in every war they kill you in a new way.

A lot of people do not muster the courage to live their dreams because they are afraid to die.

A lot of people do not muster the courage to live their dreams because they are afraid to die.

He that lives upon hope will die fasting.

He that lives upon hope will die fasting.

Benjamin Franklin

Racism and injustice and violence sweep our world, bringing a tragic harvest of heartache and death.

Racism and injustice and violence sweep our world, bringing a tragic harvest of heartache and death.

The fear of death often proves mortal, and sets people on methods to save their Lives, which infallibly destroy them.

The fear of death often proves mortal, and sets people on methods to save their Lives, which infallibly destroy them.

Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.

Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.

William Shakespeare