Quotes about Mortality

Every stage of human life, except the last, is marked out by certain and defined limits; old age alone has no precise and determinate boundary.

The selflessness and dedication shown by many Greek doctors can be seen not only in such works as the Epidemics, but also in, for example, Thucydides' account of the plague at Athens (II, 47ff.) — where he notes the high incidence of mortality from the disease among the doctors who attempted to treat it.

Life will continue on the other side of the veil.

My only fear is that I may live too long. This would be a subject of dread to me.

I guarantee you that after you die you will not say 'I spent too much time praying; I wish I had watched more TV instead.

The true philosopher lives his life as a dress rehearsal for death.

Ageing's alright, better than the alternative, which is not being here.

Build then the ship of death, for you must take the longest journey, to oblivion.

Statistics show that of those who contract the habit of eating, very few survive.

We die once when the last breath leaves our bodies. We die a second time when the last person speaks our name.' The first death is beyond our control, but the second one we can strive to prevent.

We die once when the last breath leaves our bodies. We die a second time when the last person speaks our name.

they've all come to the same end. They are dust beneath the soil. All that is left behind lies in the people who remain. And the stories.