Early Death Quotes

• A useless life is an early death.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  "Iphigenia in Tauris". Play by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Act 1, Scene 2, 1786.

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• Heaven gives its favourites-early death.

  Lord Byron

  Giving, Heaven

  Lord Byron (2015). “Childe Harold's Pilgrimage”, p.107, Sheba Blake Publishing

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• I have lived with the prospect of an early death for the last 49 years. I'm not afraid of death, but I'm in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first. I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark.

  Stephen Hawking

  Death, Suicide, Dark

  "Stephen Hawking: 'There is no heaven; it's a fairy story'". Interview with Ian Sample, www.theguardian.com. May 15, 2011.

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• As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

  Codice Trivulziano 281

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• We come unbidden into this life, and if we are lucky we find a purpose beyond starvation, misery, and early death which, lest we forget, is the common lot. I grew up and I found my purpose and it was to become a physician. My intent wasn't to save the world as much as to heal myself. Few doctors will admit this, certainly not young ones, but subconsciously, in entering the profession, we must believe that ministering to others will heal our woundedness. And it can. but it can also deepen the wound.

  Abraham Verghese

  Believe, Doctors, Physicians

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• Goods and possessions are no gain in his eyes. He stays far from wealth and honor. Long life is no ground for joy, nor early death for sorrow. Success is not for him to be pround of, failure is no shame. Had he all the world's power he would not hold it as his own. If he conquered everything he would not take it to himself. His glory is in knowing that all things come together in One and life and death are equal.

  Zhuangzi

  Life, Failure, Eye

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• Capitalism, and capitalism alone, has rescued the human race from degrading poverty, rampant sickness and early death.

  Llewellyn Rockwell

  Race, Poverty, Sickness

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• Many 'natural' events - like early death, disease, hardship - are neither desirable nor necessary.

  Phyllis Chesler

  Events, Hardship, Disease

  Phyllis Chesler (1973). “Women & madness”

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• I'm not afraid of death, but I'm in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first.

  Stephen Hawking

  Firsts, Want, Not Afraid

  "Stephen Hawking: 'There is no heaven; it's a fairy story'". Interview with Ian Sample, www.theguardian.com. May 15, 2011.

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• When I was young, the early death of my father cast a shadow over me - and I was afraid to die before all my literary plans came true. But between 30 and 40 years of age my attitude to death became quite calm and balanced. I feel it is a natural, but no means the final, milestone of one's existence.

  Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

  Attitude, Father, Mean

  Source: www.independent.co.uk

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• Atheism is a fairy story for people afraid of the Light.

  John Lennox

  Light, Fairy Stories, Afterlife

  "An Evening With John Lennox". "The Spirit of Things" with Rachael Kohn, www.abc.net.au. August 7, 2011.

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• The prospect of an early death sits differently upon each person. In some it gifts maturity far outweighing their age and experience: calm acceptance blossoms into a beautiful nature and soft countenance. In others, however, it leads to the formation of a tiny ice flint in their heart. Ice that, though at times concealed, never properly melts. Rose, though she would have liked to be one of the former, knew herself deep down to be one of the latter.

  Kate Morton

  Beautiful, Heart, Acceptance

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• A well-spent day brings happy sleep.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Motivational, Happy, Death

  Codice Trivulziano 281

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• A useless life is an early death.
  [Ger., Ein unnutz Leben ist ein fruher Tod.]

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Life, Useless, Indolence

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• When women and men have approximately equal life expectancies, it seems to be because women die not only in childbirth (fewer than thought) but about equal from diseases; poor sanitation and water; inadequate healthcare; and diseases of malnutrition. In industrialized societies, early deaths are caused more by diseases triggered by stress, which breaks down the immune system. It is since stress has become the key factor that men have died so much sooner than women.

  Warren Farrell

  Stress, Men, Keys

  Warren Farrell (1994). “The myth of male power: why men are the disposable sex”

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• Most new things are not good, and die an early death; but those which push themselves forward and by slow degrees force themselves on the attention of mankind are the unconscious productions of human wisdom, and must have honest consideration, and must not be made the subject of unreasoning prejudice.

  Bill Vaughan

  Innovation, Degrees, Prejudice

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• A lot of success in life and business comes from knowing what you want to avoid: early death, a bad marriage, etc.

  Charlie Munger

  Knowing, Want, Etc

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• I don't know if it's entirely fair to blame [Dennis Wilson] early death and complete self-destruction on his involvement with Charles Manson, but it was certainly a factor. It affected him psychologically and emotionally.

  Karina Longworth

  Self, Blame, Destruction

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• By the time she had interpreted Harry's dreams at the top of her voice (all of which, even the ones that involved eating porridge, apparently foretold a gruesome and early death), he was feeling much less sympathetic toward her.

  J. K. Rowling

  Dream, Voice, Feelings

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• I smoke 'cos I'm hoping for an early death and I need to cling to something.

  Steven Morrissey

  Needs, Smoke

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• Do not desire a long life or an early death

  Shri Radhe Maa

  Long, Desire, Long Life

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• I romanced internally about early death till it was too late to die early.

  Harriet Martineau

  Too Late, Late, Dies

  Harriet Martineau, Maria Weston Chapman (2010). “Harriet Martineau's Autobiography”, p.435, Cambridge University Press

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• There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark.

  Stephen Hawking

  Dark, Fairy Stories, Afterlife

  "Stephen Hawking: 'There is no heaven; it's a fairy story'". Interview with Ian Sample, www.theguardian.com. May 15, 2011.

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• Googling me, you talk about being depressed. First of all there's 18 websites that predict my early death.

  Artie Lange

  Firsts, Being Depressed, Website

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• In YC's case, the number one cause of early death for startups is cofounder blowups.

  Sam Altman

  Team, Numbers, Causes

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