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Facing Death Without Regret

The question of a good death is really a question about a good life — and these quotes answer it head-on.

50 quotes found

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To fear death, my friends, is only to think ourselves wise without being wise.

—SocratesPhilosopher

Ancient World ERA • Southern Europe

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A person doesn't die when he should, but when he can.

—Gabriel García MárquezNovelist

Post-War ERA • Latin America

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It is not death or pain that is to be feared, but the fear of death or pain.

—EpictetusPhilosopher

Ancient World ERA • Southern Europe

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A woman who has children is not afraid of death.

—Flora NwapaNovelist

Post-War ERA • West Africa

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It is not death that a man should fear, but never beginning to live.

—Marcus AureliusEmperor & Philosopher

Ancient World ERA • Southern Europe

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For true faith and love, even death is not terrible.

—Adam MickiewiczPoet

Industrial Age ERA • Eastern Europe

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Death does not announce itself; it simply arrives.

—Kofi AwoonorPoet, Novelist & Diplomat

Post-War ERA • West Africa

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Everything which exists has its opposite, and we must learn to live with both.

—Magda SzabóNovelist & Poet

Late Modern ERA • Eastern Europe

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If there were a God, I should not be afraid to meet Him.

—Olive SchreinerNovelist, Feminist & Activist

Industrial Age ERA • Southern Africa

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We all came out of one darkness, and we will all return to another.

—Jhumpa LahiriAuthor

Contemporary ERA • South Asia

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Even if you have the wealth of Karun, you will eventually go to the grave with nothing.

—Saadi ShiraziPoet & Writer

Medieval ERA • MENA

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One begins to die the moment one is born.

—Juan RulfoNovelist, Writer & Author

Post-War ERA • Latin America

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A person's life is a candle's flame; it can be snuffed out at any moment.

—Pramoedya Ananta ToerNovelist & Writer

Late Modern ERA • Southeast Asia

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We are all dying. Each second we live, we are closer to the end.

—Han KangNovelist

Contemporary ERA • East Asia

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To live for virtue, and to die for fame.

—Torquato TassoPoet

Renaissance ERA • Southern Europe

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It is not given to mankind to stop Fortune's wheel.

—Giovanni BoccaccioWriter & Poet

Medieval ERA • Southern Europe

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The descent to Hades is the same from everywhere.

—AnaxagorasPre-Socratic Philosopher

Ancient World ERA • Southern Europe

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Coming into being and passing away are mere names.

—ParmenidesPre-Socratic Philosopher

Ancient World ERA • Southern Europe

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I have fought for truth and have died for it.

—Giordano BrunoPhilosopher & Mathematician

Renaissance ERA • Southern Europe

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Life is a railway station, where one gets off for a while, then goes on.

—Marina TsvetaevaPoet

Early Modern ERA • Eastern Europe

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