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

Life lives, life dies. Life laughs, life cries. Life gives up and life tries. But...

Life lives, life dies. Life laughs, life cries. Life gives up and life tries. But...

In any country there must be people who have to die. They are the sacrifices...

In any country there must be people who have to die. They are the sacrifices...

What a curious phenomenon it is that you can get men to die for the...

What a curious phenomenon it is that you can get men to die for the...

The appeal of cinema lies in the fear of death.

The appeal of cinema lies in the fear of death.

Your lost friends are not dead, but gone before, advanced a stage or two upon...

Your lost friends are not dead, but gone before, advanced a stage or two upon...

In the dualism of death and life there is a harmony. We know that the...

In the dualism of death and life there is a harmony. We know that the...

Capital Punishment, a penalty regarding the justice and expediency of which many worthy persons -...

Capital Punishment, a penalty regarding the justice and expediency of which many worthy persons -...

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...

For those who seek to understand it, death is a highly creative force. The highest...

For those who seek to understand it, death is a highly creative force. The highest...

If I err in my belief that the souls of men are immortal, I err...

If I err in my belief that the souls of men are immortal, I err...

If even dying is to be made a social function, then, grant me the favor...

If even dying is to be made a social function, then, grant me the favor...

If physical death is the price that I must pay to free my white brothers...

If physical death is the price that I must pay to free my white brothers...

I'm gonna live till I die.

I'm gonna live till I die.

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...

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...

I cannot conceive such a Being could make such a Species as the human, merely...

I cannot conceive such a Being could make such a Species as the human, merely...

Time turns the old days to derision, Our loves into corpses or wives; And marriage...

Time turns the old days to derision, Our loves into corpses or wives; And marriage...

He that dies pays all debts

He that dies pays all debts

To resist the frigidity of old age, one must combine the body, the mind, and...

To resist the frigidity of old age, one must combine the body, the mind, and...

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...

I suffer from 'Girlnextdooritis' where the guy is friends with you and that's it.

I suffer from 'Girlnextdooritis' where the guy is friends with you and that's it.

Before World War I one of the objections commonly urged against votes for women was...

Before World War I one of the objections commonly urged against votes for women was...