One death is a tragedy. A million deaths is a statistic.

One death is a tragedy. A million deaths is a statistic.

It is not death, but dying, which is terrible.

It is not death, but dying, which is terrible.

Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the read more

Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.

To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.

To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.

Why fear death when it is the only path to meet the Maker.

Why fear death when it is the only path to meet the Maker.

When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite.

When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite.

A dead atheist is someone who is all dressed up with no place to go.

A dead atheist is someone who is all dressed up with no place to go.

If you're afraid to die, you will not be able to live.

If you're afraid to die, you will not be able to live.

One might say, for example, that a patient has a kind of St Vitus's dance; a kind of dropsy; a read more

One might say, for example, that a patient has a kind of St Vitus's dance; a kind of dropsy; a kind of nerve fever; a kind of ague. One would never say, however (to end once and for all the confusion of these names) "He has St. Vitus's dance," "He has nerve fever," "He has dropsy," "He has ague," since there simply are not any fixed, unchanging diseases to be known by such names.