Life & Death Sayings

325 sayings found from 325 authors

For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

— Saint Paul c. 57-58 CE
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The papacy is the kingdom of the devil, and the pope is the Antichrist.

— Martin Luther 1537
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May the evil-doer perish, and may the good be rewarded according to their deeds.

— Zoroaster c. 1500-1000 BCE
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If there are hundreds of moons and thousands of suns, without the Guru, there is only utter darkness.

— Guru Nanak c. 15th-16th century CE
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What shall I say of the appalling violation of women, of which it is more evil to speak than to keep silent?

— Pope Urban II 1095
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I am almost ashamed to be living in such peace while all the rest struggle and suffer.

— Albert Einstein Post-1933
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I am almost convinced (quite contrary to opinion I started with) that species are not (it is like confessing a murder) immutable.

— Charles Darwin 1844
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Abstain from the flesh of beasts that die of themselves.

— Pythagoras c. 570-495 BCE (attributed later)
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The examination of the body after death is a most useful and necessary practice.

— William Harvey c. 1650s
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The question is not, 'Can they reason?' nor, 'Can they talk?' but, 'Can they suffer?'

— Peter Singer 1975
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The world is not a playground; it's a place of suffering and responsibility.

— Jordan Peterson 2017
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Jena came twenty years after the death of Frederick the Great; the crash will come twenty years after my departure if things go on like this.

— Otto von Bismarck Unknown, late 19th century
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If I die you are my killer, O merciless, infidel woman.

— Suleiman the Magnificent 16th century (approx. 1520-1566)
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Give the peasants neither life nor death.

— Tokugawa Ieyasu 17th century (approx. 1603-1616)
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I think that I will die with the boots on.

— Fidel Castro Unknown
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Protestors are serving the devil, they want to humiliate you.

— Muammar Gaddafi 2011
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To destroy you is no loss, to preserve you is no gain.

— Pol Pot c. 1975-1979
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We will die here. We will die in this country, and we will maintain our honor, the honor that is required of -- in front of our people.

— Saddam Hussein 2003
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Racism will never end if people still wear white clothes to weddings and black clothes to the funerals.

— Robert Mugabe 2017
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Small nations are like indecently dressed women. They tempt the evil-minded.

— Julius Nyerere Unknown
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