Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Of all the wonders that read more

Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Of all the wonders that I yet have heard,
It seems to me most strange that men should fear,
Seeing that death, a necessary end,
Will come when it will come.

Life without a friend is death without a witness.

Life without a friend is death without a witness.

Tears are sometimes an inappropriate response to death. When a life has been lived completely honestly, completely successfully, or just read more

Tears are sometimes an inappropriate response to death. When a life has been lived completely honestly, completely successfully, or just completely, the correct response to death's perfect punctuation mark is a smile.

In death a hero, as in life a friend!.

In death a hero, as in life a friend!.

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

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

No one's death comes to pass without making some impression, and those close to the deceased inherit part of the read more

No one's death comes to pass without making some impression, and those close to the deceased inherit part of the liberated soul and become richer in their humanness.

I do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke of death.

I do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke of death.

We understand death for the first time when he puts his hand upon one whom we love.

We understand death for the first time when he puts his hand upon one whom we love.

Do not seek death. Death will find you.
But seek the road which makes death a fulfillment.

Do not seek death. Death will find you.
But seek the road which makes death a fulfillment.