"How beautiful it is for a man to die Upon the walls of Zion! to be called Like a watch-worn and weary sentinel, To put his armour off, and rest in heaven!"

"I don't wanna die But I ain't keen on living either"

"For I know that Death is a guest divine, Who shall drink my blood as I drink this wine; And he cares for nothing! a king is he— Come on, old fellow, and drink with me! With you I will drink to the solemn past, Though the cup that I drain should be my last."

"But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him."

"If I had thought thou couldst have died I might not weep for thee; But I forgot, when by thy side, That thou couldst mortal be; It never through my mind had passed, That time would e'er be o'er When I on thee should look my last, And thou shouldst smile no more!"

"O, sir! the good die first, And they whose hearts are dry as summer dust Burn to the socket."

"Death is the quiet haven of us all."

"But they are dead; those two are dead! Their spirits are in Heaven!" 'Twas throwing words away; for still The little Maid would have her will, And said, "Nay, we are seven!"

"He first deceased; she for a little tried To live without him, lik'd it not, and died."

"People don't die that easily, really. ...As long as they've got something worth living for."

"Insatiate archer! could not one suffice? Thy shaft flew thrice; and thrice my peace was slain!"

"Who can take Death's portrait? The tyrant never sat."

"The chamber where the good man meets his fate Is privileged beyond the common walk Of virtuous life, quite in the verge of heaven."

"A death-bed's a detector of the heart."

"Lovely in death the beauteous ruin lay; And if in death still lovely, lovelier there; Far lovelier! pity swells the tide of love."

"Death is the crown of life; Were death denyed, poor man would live in vain; Were death denyed, to live would not be life; Were death denyed, ev'n fools would wish to die."

"The knell, the shroud, the mattock and the grave, The deep, damp vault, the darkness, and the worm."

"And feels a thousand deaths, in fearing one."

"As soon as man, expert from time, has found The key of life, it opes the gates of death."

"Early, bright, transient, chaste, as morning dew She sparkled, was exhal'd, and went to heaven."

"Death loves a shining mark, a signal blow."

"Men drop so fast, ere life's mid stage we tread, Few know so many friends alive, as dead."

"Prefiero morir de pie que vivir de rodillas."

"Death is mighty, and is no one's friend."

"He is the Angel of Death. Life lasts long, save for him; populations would rise up like tidal waves and inundate worlds, save for him; criminals would require trials and sentencing, save for him; and of course history might reflect unnecessary twisting and turnings, save for the Angel of Death."

"While on a journey, Chuang Tzu found a skull, dry and parched. With sorrow he questioned and lamented the end to all things. When he finished speaking, he dragged the skull over, and using it as a pillow, lay down to sleep. In the night, the skull came to his dreams and said, "You are a fool to rejoice in the entanglements of life." Chuang Tzu couldn't believe this and asked "If I could return you to your life, you would want that, wouldn't you?" Stunned by Chuang Tzu's foolishness the skull replied, "How do you know that it is bad to be dead?""

"One event happeneth to them all."

"The grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets."

"For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing at all, nor do they have any more reward, because all memory of them is forgotten."

"Whatever your hand finds to do, do with all your might, for there is no work nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom in the Grave, where you are going."

"Judge none blessed before his death."

"For dust thou art, and unto dust shall thou return."

"We all do fade as a leaf."

"And those slain by Jehovah in that day will be from one end of the earth clear to the other end of the earth. They will not be mourned, nor will they be gathered up or buried. They will become like manure on the surface of the ground."

"The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord."

"He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more."

"The land of darkness and the shadow of death."

"And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in Hell."

"I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last: I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death."

"John of Patmos, in Book of Revelation 1:17-18"

"When the Lamb broke the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, “Come.” I looked, and behold, an ashen horse; and he who sat on it had the name Death; and Hades was following with him. Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by the wild beasts of the earth."

"And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away."

"The axe is laid unto the root of the trees."

"For he must rule as king until God has put all enemies under his feet. And the last enemy, death, is to be brought to nothing."

"Death is swallowed up in victory. O Death where is thy sting, O Grave where is thy victory?"

"There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death."

"I have said ye are gods … But ye shall die like men."