Quotes about "Death & Mortality"

The darkness of death is like the evening twilight; it makes all objects appear more lovely to the dying. ”

I'm not afraid of death. It's the stake one puts up in order to play the game of life. ”

Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go. ”

The passion of hatred is so long lived and so obstinate a malady that the surest sign of death in a sick person is their desire for reconciliation. ”

There are only three events in a man's life; birth, life, and death; he is not conscious of being born, he dies in pain, and he forgets to live. ”

Man has but three events in his life: to be born, to live, and to die. He is not conscious of his birth, he suffers at his death and he forgets to live. ”

If some persons died, and others did not die, death would be a terrible affliction. ”

Everything one does in life, even love, occurs in an express train racing toward death. To smoke opium is to get out of the train while it is still moving. It is to concern oneself with something other than life or death. ”

The day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying. ”

After the writer's death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter. ”