Death: Dying Quotes for Whatsapp and Facebook Status
It is not death, but dying, which is terrible.
Henry Fielding (1707-1754) English novelist, dramatist
I do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke of death.
Francis Bacon (1561-1626) English philosopher, essayist
It’s not that I’m afraid to die. I just don’t want to be there when it happens.
Woody Allen (b. 1935) American filmmaker
It is certain that to most men the preparation for death has been a greater torment than the suffering of it.
Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) French essayist
To die is to leave off dying and do the thing once for all,
Samuel Butler (1835-1902)
I warmed both hands before the fire of life; It sinks and I am ready to depart.
Walter Savage Landor (1775-1864) English author
Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rage at close of day; Rage, rage, against the dying of the light.
Dylan Thomas (1914-1953) Welsh poet
I will be conquered; I will not capitulate.
Dr. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)
I die hard. But I am not afraid to go.
George Washington (1732-1799) American president
Truth sits upon the lips of dying men.
Matthew Arnold (1822-1888) English poet, critic
A certain amount of research on Last Dispatches from the edge of the tomb has been made, but I feel that there has always been a tendency on the part of the imminent mourner to tart the script up a bit.
Cassandra (Sir William Connor) (1909-1967)
So that he seemed not to relinquish life, but to leave one home for another.
Cornelius Nepos (1st century BC) Roman historian, biographer
Many men on the point of an edifying death would be furious if they were suddenly restored to health.
Cesare Pavese (1908-1950) Italian novelist
It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time.
Dr. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English author, lexicographer
He had been; he said, an unconscionable time dying; but he hoped that they would excuse it.
Charles 11 (1630-1685) King of Great Britain
Authority forgets a dying king.
Lord Tennyson (1809-1892) English poet
We all of us waited for him to die. The family sent him a cheque every month, and hoped he’d get on with it quietly, without too much vulgar fuss
Jimmy, Look Back in Anger John Osborne (b. 1929) British playwright
Die, my dear doctor! That’s the last thing I shall do!
Lord Palmerston (1784-1865) English politician, prime minister
He that dies pays all debts. Stephano, The Tempest
