Life & Death Sayings

133 sayings found from the Modern era from 133 authors

Death is the solution to all problems. No man – no problem.

— Joseph Stalin Unknown
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Fear is for the weak. I am Shaka.

— Shaka Zulu c. 1820s
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Fear too often spells failure.

— Walt Disney Unknown
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I would rather die an Indian than live a white man.

— Sitting Bull Unknown
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I would rather die than surrender.

— Geronimo Unknown
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A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.

— John Stuart Mill 1859
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A canter is the cure for all evil.

— Benjamin Disraeli Unknown, likely mid-19th century
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What is terrible is not death, but the lives people live or don't live up to their death.

— Soren Kierkegaard 1846
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The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom.

— Arthur Schopenhauer 1851
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Hell is other people.

— Jean-Paul Sartre 1944
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No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency.

— Theodore Roosevelt 1903
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One must not let oneself be caught by surprise by death.

— Simone de Beauvoir 1964
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The greatest evil is not done by evil people, but by people who simply don't care.

— Hannah Arendt 1963
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I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.

— Bertrand Russell Approx. 1950s-1960s
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I would rather live my life as if there is a God, and die to find out there isn't, than live my life as if there isn't, and die to find out there is.

— Albert Camus Unknown
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If a man is right, he has no reason to fear the judgment of others. If he is wrong, he has no reason to wish that judgment withheld.

— Ayn Rand 1964
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The sexual life of adult women is a 'dark continent' for psychology.

— Sigmund Freud 1932
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Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.

— Carl Jung Unknown
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The problem of society is not how to abolish evil, but how to make it productive.

— Georg Simmel 1908
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When a society is deeply divided, it tends to commit suicide collectively.

— Emile Durkheim 1897
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