Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Of all the wonders that read more

Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Of all the wonders that I yet have heard,
It seems to me most strange that men should fear,
Seeing that death, a necessary end,
Will come when it will come.

Death and taxes are both certain... but death isn't annual.

Death and taxes are both certain... but death isn't annual.

So many people tiptoe through life, so carefully, to arrive, safely, at death.

So many people tiptoe through life, so carefully, to arrive, safely, at death.

The dumber people think you are, the more surprised they're going to be when you kill them.

The dumber people think you are, the more surprised they're going to be when you kill them.

The pride of dying rich raises the loudest laugh in hell.

The pride of dying rich raises the loudest laugh in hell.

The call of death is a call of love. Death can be sweet if we answer it in the affirmative, read more

The call of death is a call of love. Death can be sweet if we answer it in the affirmative, if we accept it as one of the great eternal forms of life and transformation.

Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

Tears are sometimes an inappropriate response to death. When a life has been lived completely honestly, completely successfully, or just read more

Tears are sometimes an inappropriate response to death. When a life has been lived completely honestly, completely successfully, or just completely, the correct response to death's perfect punctuation mark is a smile.

Of evils one should choose the least.
[Lat., Ex malis eligere minima oportere.]

Of evils one should choose the least.
[Lat., Ex malis eligere minima oportere.]