Being over seventy is like being engaged in a war. All our friends are going or gone and we survive amongst the dead and the dying as on a battlefield.

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Topics: Death And Dying Quotes, Elderly Quotes, Friends Quotes, War Quotes

Property is unstable, and youth perishes in a moment. Life itself is held in the...

Property is unstable, and youth perishes in a moment. Life itself is held in the...

Try as much as possible to be wholly alive, with all your might, and when...

Try as much as possible to be wholly alive, with all your might, and when...

The goal of all life is death.

The goal of all life is death.

When one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated...

When one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated...

He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of...

He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of...

I would rather die a meaningful death than to live a meaningless life.

I would rather die a meaningful death than to live a meaningless life.

If I die a violent death, as some fear and a few are plotting, I...

If I die a violent death, as some fear and a few are plotting, I...

I thank my God for graciously granting me the opportunity of learning that death is...

I thank my God for graciously granting me the opportunity of learning that death is...

To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would...

To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would...

Man has the possibility of existence after death. But possibility is one thing and the...

Man has the possibility of existence after death. But possibility is one thing and the...

Death is one of the few things that can be done as easily lying down....

Death is one of the few things that can be done as easily lying down....

Birth is the beginning of death

Birth is the beginning of death

An answer is always a form of death.

An answer is always a form of death.

While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how...

While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how...

Creativity is not merely the innocent spontaneity of our youth and childhood; it must also...

Creativity is not merely the innocent spontaneity of our youth and childhood; it must also...

The reason so many people turned up at his funeral is that they wanted to...

The reason so many people turned up at his funeral is that they wanted to...

Man's disobedience) brought into this World a world of woe, Sin and her shadow Death,...

Man's disobedience) brought into this World a world of woe, Sin and her shadow Death,...

In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us.

In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us.

The most common cause of fear of old age is associated with the possibility of...

The most common cause of fear of old age is associated with the possibility of...

Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and...

Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and...

Let your family, staff, and friends know that you're still the same person, despite all...

Let your family, staff, and friends know that you're still the same person, despite all...

I have learned from experience that, in the bluff and counterbluff of world politics, to...

I have learned from experience that, in the bluff and counterbluff of world politics, to...