Death
Plato on War
“Only the dead have seen the end of the war.”
James F. Byrnes on Life
“Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.”
Epicurus on Death
“It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls.”
Lucius Annaeus Seneca on Death
“The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity.”
Francis Bacon on Death
“Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased by tales, so is the other.”
Henry Van Dyke on Death
“Some people are so afraid to die that they never begin to live.“
William Goldman on Life
“Life isn’t fair. It’s just fairer than death, that’s all.”
King Solomon on Value
“Good people are remembered long after they are gone, but the wicked are soon forgotten.”
Euripides on Death
“No one can confidently say that he will still be living tomorrow.”
Mark Twain on Death
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
Edgar Bergen on Work
“Hard work never killed anybody, but why take a chance?”
Woody Allen on Death
“I am not afraid of death, I just don’t want to be there when it happens.”