Famous Quotes

"I do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke of death."

Francis Bacon on Death

More quotes about Death

• "A man who won't die for something is not fit to live."

  Martin Luther King, Jr. on Death

• "To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent."

  Buddha on Death

• "The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead."

  Albert Einstein on 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 on Death

• "Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there's a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see."

  Helen Keller on Death

More quotes by Francis Bacon

• "Age appears to be best in four things old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read."

• "I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am."

• "Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses."

• "Life, an age to the miserable, and a moment to the happy."

• "A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green."