Famous Quotes

"Our birth is nothing but our death begun, As tapers waste the moment they take fire."

Edward Young on Death

More quotes about Death

• "A man who won't die for something is not fit to live."

  Martin Luther King, Jr. on Death

• "To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent."

  Buddha on Death

• "The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead."

  Albert Einstein on Death

• "The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time."

  Mark Twain on Death

• "Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there's a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see."

  Helen Keller on Death

More quotes by Edward Young

• "By all means use some time to be alone."

• "Virtue alone has majesty in death."

• "Virtue alone has majesty in death."

• "Less base the fear of death than fear of life."

• "Life is the desert, life the solitude, death joins us to the great majority."