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

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

There is no death! What seems so is transition; This life of mortal breath is but a suburb of the read more

There is no death! What seems so is transition; This life of mortal breath is but a suburb of the life elysian, whose portal we call Death.

Wings of angels, tears of saints
won't bring you back to me
(about her son's suicide)
(He will come back read more

Wings of angels, tears of saints
won't bring you back to me
(about her son's suicide)
(He will come back to her.. the soul is
deathless).

I don't want to achieve immortality through my work... I want to achieve it by not dying!

I don't want to achieve immortality through my work... I want to achieve it by not dying!

When two people are under the influence of the most violent, most insane, most delusive, and most transient of passions, read more

When two people are under the influence of the most violent, most insane, most delusive, and most transient of passions, they are required to swear that they will remain in that excited, abnormal, and exhausting condition continuously until death do them part.

Evil be to him who evil thinks.

Evil be to him who evil thinks.

If man were immortal he could be perfectly sure of seeing the day when everything in which he had trusted read more

If man were immortal he could be perfectly sure of seeing the day when everything in which he had trusted should betray his trust, and, in short, of coming eventually to hopeless misery. He would break down, at last, as every good fortune, as every dynasty, as every civilization does. In place of this we have death.

It is better to spend your time at funerals than at festivals. For you are going to die, and you read more

It is better to spend your time at funerals than at festivals. For you are going to die, and you should think about it while there is still time.
(7:3).

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

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