Famous Quotes

"Giving is good, but taking is bad and brings death."

Hesiod 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 Hesiod

• "Bring a wife home to your house when you are of the right age, not far short of 30 years, nor much above this is the right time for marriage."

• "Whoever, fleeing marriage and the sorrows that women cause, does not wish to wed comes to a deadly old age."

• "For both faith and want of faith have destroyed men alike."

• "Do not let a flattering woman coax and wheedle you and deceive you she is after your barn."

• "Bring a wife home to your house when you are of the right age, not far short of 30 years, nor much above this is the right time for marriage."