#death

Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily. ↗

If we don't act now, the death tax will come back in just a few years. Under current law the death tax is phased out in 2010 but comes back in full force in 2011. That is a ridiculous and untenable policy. ↗

— Kit Bond

#back #come #comes #current #current law

It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls. ↗

— Epicurus

#against #as far as #city #concerned #far

The nearer people approach old age the closer they return to a semblance of childhood, until the time comes for them to depart this life, again like children, neither tired of living nor aware of death. ↗

— Desiderius Erasmus

#age #approach #aware #childhood #children

I got well by talking. Death could not get a word in edgewise, grew discouraged, and traveled on. ↗

— Louise Erdrich

#death #discouraged #get #got #grew

We were then in a dangerous, helpless situation, exposed daily to perils and death amongst savages and wild beasts, not a white man in the country but ourselves. ↗

— Daniel Boone

#beasts #country #daily #dangerous #death

I've had death threats, if you can imagine. ↗

— Pat Boone

#had #i #imagine #threats #you

Healthy children will not fear life if their elders have integrity enough not to fear death. ↗

— Erik H. Erikson

#children #elders #enough #fear #healthy

Life and death have been lacking in my life. ↗

— Jorge Luis Borges

#death #lacking #life #life and death #my life

The breath of an aristocrat is the death rattle of freedom. ↗