Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [121-140] of 152 Death quotesDeath QuotesDeath Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes No man can have a peaceful life who thinks too much about lengthening it.~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca Not lost, but gone before.~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca Nothing lasts forever, few things even last for long: all are susceptible of decay in one way or another; moreover all that begins also ends.~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca That man lives badly who does not know how to die well.~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca The wise man will live as long as he ought, not as long as he can.~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca Who can be forced has not learned how to die.~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.~ George Bernard Shaw I also made it quite clear that Socialism means equality of income or nothing, and that under socialism you would not be allowed to be poor. You would be forcibly fed, clothed, lodged, taught, and employed whether you like it or not. If it were discovered that you had not character enough to be worth all this trouble, you might possibly be executed in a kindly manner; but whilst you were permitted to live you would have to live well.~ George Bernard Shaw It is the deed that teaches, not the name we give it. Murder and capital punishment are not opposites that cancel one another, but similars that breed their own kind.~ George Bernard Shaw This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being a force of nature instead of a feverish selfish clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work, the more I live. I rejoice in life for it's own sake. Life is no "brief candle" to me. It is sort of a splendid torch which I have a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it over to future generations.~ George Bernard Shaw When two people are under the influence of the most violent, most insane, most delusive, and most transient of passions, they are required to swear that they will remain in that excited, abnormal, and exhausting condition continuously until death do them part.~ George Bernard Shaw He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of censure is the death of genius.~ William Gilmore Simms The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our ways: I to die, and you to live. Which is better, God only knows.~ Socrates The question is not what anybody deserves. The question is who is to take on the God-like role of deciding what everybody else deserves. You can talk about 'social justice' all you want. But what death taxes boil down to is letting politicians take money from widows and orphans to pay for goodies that they will hand out to others, in order to buy votes to get re-elected. That is not social justice or any other kind of justice.~ Thomas Sowell The principle that the majority have a right to rule the minority, practically resolves all government into a mere contest between two bodies of men, as to which of them shall be masters, and which of them slaves; a contest, that -- however bloody -- can, in the nature of things, never be finally closed, so long as man refuses to be a slave.~ Lysander Spooner One death is a tragedy, but a million deaths are a statistic.~ Josef Stalin Live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart. Trouble no one about his religion. Respect others in their views and demand that they respect yours. Love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your life. Seek to make your life long and of service to your people. Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide. Always give a word or sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend, or even a stranger, if in a lonely place. Show respect to all people, but grovel to none. When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies in yourself. Abuse no one and no thing, for abuse turns the wise ones to fools and robs the spirit of its vision. When your time comes to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song, and die like a hero going home.~ Tecumseh I may die a beggar, but with the Grace of God, I will not die a slave. I will not be filed, stamped, briefed, debriefed, or numbered... My life is my own.~ The Prisoner To be awake is to be alive.~ Henry David Thoreau An autopsy of history would show that all great nations commit suicide.~ Arnold J. Toynbee Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print