Quotes about life and death
656 quotes from 337 people
Life is not so short but that there is always time enough for courtesy.
Ralph Waldo Emerson1803–1882Letters and Social Aims (1876), Social Aims- Ralph Waldo Emerson1803–1882Journal (April 12, 1834)
Charles I of England1600–1649Last words, said on the scaffold before his execution. (30 January, 1649).
Paul Erdős1913–1996Common remark when breaking off work for the night, as quoted in “The Magician of Budapest” in The Edge of the Universe: Celebrating Ten Years of Math Horizons (2007) by Deanna Haunsperger and Stephen Kennedy, p. 111
Euripides481–407 BCAlcestis, ll. 669–672, Admetus (Bartlett’s, 1892)There is no end. There is no beginning. There is only the infinite passion of life.
Federico Fellini1920–1993Fellini on Fellini (1976) edited by Anna Keel and Christian Strich; translated by Isabel Quigly.
Richard Feynman1918–1988Often credited to Evan Spigelman- Richard Feynman1918–1988last words (15 February 1988), according to James Gleick, in Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman (1992), p. 438
Carrie Fisher1956–2016Postcards from the Edge (1987)- Carrie Fisher1956–2016Wishful Drinking (2008)
