Famous Quotes

"For the wretched one night is like a thousand for someone faring well death is just one more night."

Sophocles 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 Sophocles

• "A man growing old becomes a child again."

• "No lie ever reaches old age."

• "You should not consider a man's age but his acts."

• "Old age and the passage of time teach all things."

• "Not even old age knows how to love death."