“Ay, but to die, and go we know not where.”
William Shakespeare
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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.
“If I must die, I will encounter darkness as a bride, and hug it in mine arms.”
William Shakespeare
CourageFacing Death
“For God's sake, let us sit upon the ground and tell sad stories of the death of kings.”
William Shakespeare
GriefMortality
“When beggars die, there are no comets seen; the heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes.”
William Shakespeare
FameMortality
“Vex not his ghost: O, let him pass!”
William Shakespeare
PeaceLetting Go
“Thou'lt come no more, never, never, never, never, never!”
William Shakespeare
GriefLoss
“Death, that hath suck'd the honey of thy breath, hath had no power yet upon thy beauty.”
William Shakespeare
BeautyLoss
“No longer mourn for me when I am dead.”
William Shakespeare
FarewellLove
“And Death once dead, there's no more dying then.”
William Shakespeare
EternityHope
“Grief fills the room up of my absent child, lies in his bed, walks up and down with me.”
William Shakespeare
GriefLoss Of A Child
“Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am.”
The Bible (Psalm 39:4)
MortalityReflection
“The righteous is taken away from the evil to come. He shall enter into peace.”
The Bible (Isaiah 57:1-2)
PeaceComfort
“It is appointed unto men once to die.”
The Bible (Hebrews 9:27)
MortalityFaith
“Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried.”
The Bible (Ruth 1:17)
LoyaltyLove
“For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.”
The Bible (1 Timothy 6:7)
PerspectiveHumility
“Whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.”
The Bible (Romans 14:8)
FaithComfort
“For the living know that they shall die.”
The Bible (Ecclesiastes 9:5)
MortalityWisdom
“For the Lord will not cast off for ever: but though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion.”
The Bible (Lamentations 3:31-32)
GriefComfort
“See in what peace a Christian can die.”
Joseph Addison
Last WordsPeace
“Even such is Time, which takes in trust our youth, our joys, and all we have, and pays us but with earth and dust.”
Walter Raleigh
TimeMortality
“Death, thou wast once an uncouth hideous thing.”
George Herbert
FaithTransformation
“They are all gone into the world of light!”
Henry Vaughan
RemembranceHeaven
“Weep no more, woeful shepherds, weep no more, for Lycidas, your sorrow, is not dead.”
John Milton
ComfortGrief
“Be near me when my light is low.”
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
ComfortCompanionship
“Strew on her roses, roses, and never a spray of yew!”
Matthew Arnold
RemembranceFarewell