“O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?”
The Bible (1 Corinthians 15:55)
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Death Quotes
200 FAMOUS QUOTES · DEATH
Death Quotes
Read 200 of the best death quotes about grief, loss, remembrance and the meaning of life, from Shakespeare, Seneca, John Donne, the Bible and more.
“The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.”
The Bible (Job 1:21)
AcceptanceFaith
“And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying.”
The Bible (Revelation 21:4)
ComfortHeaven
“I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live.”
The Bible (John 11:25)
Eternal LifeFaith
“Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.”
The Bible (Ecclesiastes 12:7)
SoulFaith
“Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.”
The Bible (Psalm 116:15)
ComfortFaith
“For dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.”
The Bible (Genesis 3:19)
MortalityHumility
“Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down.”
The Bible (Job 14:1-2)
Brevity Of LifeMortality
“Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.”
The Bible (Matthew 5:4)
GriefComfort
“In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you.”
The Bible (John 14:2)
HeavenComfort
“Golden lads and girls all must, as chimney-sweepers, come to dust.”
William Shakespeare
MortalityEquality
“Good night, sweet prince: and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest!”
William Shakespeare
FarewellRemembrance
“Nothing in his life became him like the leaving it.”
William Shakespeare
DignityLegacy
“Thou know'st 'tis common; all that lives must die, passing through nature to eternity.”
William Shakespeare
AcceptanceEternity
“Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio: a fellow of infinite jest.”
William Shakespeare
RemembranceFriendship
“Give sorrow words: the grief that does not speak whispers the o'er-fraught heart and bids it break.”
William Shakespeare
GriefHealing
“Every one can master a grief but he that has it.”
William Shakespeare
GriefEmpathy
“He that dies pays all debts.”
William Shakespeare
MortalityPeace
“Let's talk of graves, of worms, and epitaphs.”
William Shakespeare
MortalityReflection
“The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones.”
William Shakespeare
LegacyMemory
“The Body of B. Franklin, Printer, like the Cover of an old Book, its Contents torn out; yet the Work shall not be lost, for it will appear once more in a new and more perfect Edition.”
Benjamin Franklin
EpitaphHope
“I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it.”
Mark Twain
FunnyFear Of 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
Living FullyFear Of Death
“Unable are the Loved to die, for Love is Immortality.”
Emily Dickinson
LoveImmortality
“There is no Death! What seems so is transition.”
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
HopeEternal Life