Death is an evil; the gods have so judged; had it been good, they would die

Quote by Sappho

Topics: Death Quotes

Love is a cunning weaver of fantasies and fables.

Love is a cunning weaver of fantasies and fables.

When anger spreads through the breath, guard thy tongue from barking idly

When anger spreads through the breath, guard thy tongue from barking idly

Perhaps the best cure for the fear of death is to reflect that life has...

Perhaps the best cure for the fear of death is to reflect that life has...

Fear of death has been the greatest ally of tyranny past and present.

Fear of death has been the greatest ally of tyranny past and present.

Death is only a launching into the region of the strange Untried; it is but...

Death is only a launching into the region of the strange Untried; it is but...

Come he slow or come he fast. It is but death who comes at last.

Come he slow or come he fast. It is but death who comes at last.

Death is no different whined at than withstood.

Death is no different whined at than withstood.

Death is a delightful hiding place for weary men.

Death is a delightful hiding place for weary men.

Time takes the ugliness and horror out of death and turns it into beauty.

Time takes the ugliness and horror out of death and turns it into beauty.

Men like war: they do not hold much sway over birth, so they make up...

Men like war: they do not hold much sway over birth, so they make up...

Death is not evil, for it frees man from all ills and takes away his...

Death is not evil, for it frees man from all ills and takes away his...

I would like to make a toast to lying, stealing, cheating and drinking. If you're...

I would like to make a toast to lying, stealing, cheating and drinking. If you're...

I am sworn brother, sweet, To grim Necessity, and he and I Will keep a...

I am sworn brother, sweet, To grim Necessity, and he and I Will keep a...

A person starts dying when they stop dreaming.

A person starts dying when they stop dreaming.

Nothing except possibly love and death are of importance, & even the importance of death...

Nothing except possibly love and death are of importance, & even the importance of death...

There are places in the heart that do not yet exist; suffering has to enter...

There are places in the heart that do not yet exist; suffering has to enter...

Animals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without...

Animals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without...

The only completely consistent people are the dead.

The only completely consistent people are the dead.

Be absolute for death; either death or life Shall thereby be the sweeter.

Be absolute for death; either death or life Shall thereby be the sweeter.

Against you I will fling myself, unvanquished and unyielding, O Death!

Against you I will fling myself, unvanquished and unyielding, O Death!