Death Quotes

Sir John had his share–perhaps rather a large share–of the more harmless and amiable of the weaknesses incidental to humanity. Among these, I may mention as applicable to the matter in hand, an invincible reluctance–so long as he enjoyed his usual good health–to face the responsibility of making his will. ~ The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins "Golden lads and girls all must,
As chimney-sweepers, come to dust." ~ Cymbeline by William Shakespeare "Full fathom five thy father lies:
Of his bones are coral made:
Those are pearls that were his eyes:
Nothing of him that doth fade
But doth suffer a sea-change
Into something rich and strange." ~ The Tempest by William Shakespeare "Cry woe, destruction, ruin, and decay-
The worst is death, and death will have his day." ~ King Richard II by William Shakespeare "More are men's ends mark'd than their lives before.
The setting sun, and music at the close,
As the last taste of sweets, is sweetest last,
Writ in remembrance more than things long past." ~ King Richard II by William Shakespeare "This is the third time; I hope good luck lies in odd numbers. Away, go; they say there is divinity in odd numbers, either in nativity, chance, or death." ~ The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare Most persons have died before they expire,--died to all earthly longings, so that the last breath is only, as it were, the locking of the door of the already deserted mansion. ~ The Professor at the Breakfast Table by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Man is born in a day, and he dies in a day, and the thing is easily over; but to have a sick heart for three-fourths of one's lifetime is simply to have death renewed every morning; and life at that price is not worth living. ~ The Translation of a Savage by Gilbert Parker "There was no tragedy in his death--death is a magnificent ally; it untangles knots." ~ Mrs. Falchion by Gilbert Parker Yet birth, and lust, and illness, and death are changeless things, and when one of these harsh facts springs out upon a man at some sudden turn of the path of life, it dashes off for the moment his mask of civilization and gives a glimpse of the stranger and stronger face below. ~ The Curse of Eve by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle