Death(43)

"A dying man needs to die, as a sleepy man needs to sleep, and there comes a time when it is wrong, as well as useless, to resist."
Stewart Alsop

"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."
Francis Bacon

"To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent."
Buddha

"To himself everyone is immortal; he may know that he is going to die, but he can never know that he is dead."
Samuel Butler

"'Tis very certain the desire of life prolongs it."
Lord Byron

"I shall not die of a cold. I shall die of having lived."
Willa Cather

"I'm not afraid of death; but dying scares the hell out of me."
Jack Cleary

"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure."
Clarence Darrow

"When you're dead, you're dead. That's it."
Marlene Dietrich

"Some people are so afraid do die that they never begin to live."
Henry Van Dyke