Quotes about Mortality
Wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
— Anonymous
The voice said, Cry. And he said, what shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field.
— Anonymous
Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils.
— Anonymous
Had Christ the death of death to death Not given death by dying, The gates of life had never been To mortals open lying.
— Anonymous
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
— Anonymous
'Tis better to buy a small bouquet And give to your friend this very day, Than a bushel of roses white and red To lay on his coffin after he's dead.
— Anonymous
The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
— Anonymous
Sweet little flower of heavenly birth You were too fair to bloom on earth.
— Anonymous
Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.
— Anonymous
Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.
— Anonymous
When a man dies they who survive him ask what property he has left behind. The angel who bends over the dying man asks what good deeds he has sent before him.
— Anonymous
I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.
— Anonymous