“We want our idols to be dead because it makes death a much less scary place.”
— Doug Coupland
Author: Doug Coupland
Category: death
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Constantly risking absurdity and death whenever he
“Constantly risking absurdity and death whenever he performs above the heads of his audience, the poet, like an acrobat, climbs on rhyme to a high wire of his own making.”
— Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Author: Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Category: death
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The tragedy of life is in what
“The tragedy of life is in what dies inside a man while he lives – the death of genuine feeling, the death of inspired response, the awareness that makes it possible to feel the pain or the glory of other men in yourself.”
— Norman Cousins
Author: Norman Cousins
Category: death
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The death of one man is a
“The death of one man is a tragedy. The death of millions is a statistic.”
— Joseph Stalin
Author: Joseph Stalin
Category: death
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In the attempt to defeat death man
“In the attempt to defeat death man has been inevitably obliged to defeat life, for the two are inextricably related. Life moves on to death, and to deny one is to deny the other.”
— Henry Miller
Author: Henry Miller
Category: death
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They tell us that suicide is the
“They tell us that suicide is the greatest piece of cowardice… that suicide is wrong; when it is quite obvious that there is nothing in the world to which every man has a more unassailable title than to his own life and person.”
— Arthur Schopenhauer
Author: Arthur Schopenhauer
Category: death
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Absence and death are the same –
“Absence and death are the same – only that in death there is no suffering.”
— Theodore Roosevelt
Author: Theodore Roosevelt
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Death is nothing, but to live defeated
“Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.”
— Napoleon Bonaparte
Author: Napoleon Bonaparte
Category: death
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He who is completely sanctified, or cleansed
“He who is completely sanctified, or cleansed from all sin, and dies in this state, is fit for glory.”
— Adam Clarke
Author: Adam Clarke
Category: death
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Only a humanity to whom death has
“Only a humanity to whom death has become as indifferent as its members, that has itself died, can inflict it administratively on innumerable people.”
— Theodor Adorno
Author: Theodor Adorno
Category: death
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For the wretched one night is like
“For the wretched one night is like a thousand; for someone faring well death is just one more night.”
— Sophocles
Author: Sophocles
Category: death
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