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Judged by the law of England, I know this crime entails upon me the penalty of death; but the history of Ireland explains that crime and justifies it. — Thomas Francis Meagher

Death upon the lips. Sound upon the air. Char upon the skin. — Brandon Sanderson

All those young photographers who are at work in the world, determined upon the capture of actuality, do not know that they are agents of Death. — Roland Barthes

What an awesome privilege for some, looking upon a human body that houses the forbidden mystery of death. — Mark Smith

Death, that hath suck'd the honey of thy breath hath had no power yet upon thy beauty. — William Shakespeare

One simply did not invite death upon their door unless they were hoping to die. — Ashlan Thomas

Death borders upon our birth, and our cradle stands in the grave. — Joseph Hall

[They] took it upon themselves to start the laborious process of cranking up life again, after death has stopped us all in its tracks. — Diane Setterfield

Death is what takes place within us when we look upon others not as gift, blessing, or stimulus but as threat, danger, competition. — Dorothee Solle

The lily represents the restored innocence of the soul upon death. — C.M. Stunich

"Literature" is written material that, 100 years after the death of the author, is forced upon high school students. — Tom Clancy

Once upon a time, loss of love, rejection, weakness and loss of territory all meant death. Now it just feels that way. — Julian Short

Folly plots a fool's death from the moment they become friends. Wisdom bestows blessings upon a wise man from the moment they wed. — Matshona Dhliwayo

The scythers, Time and Death,
Helmed locusts, move upon the tree of breath — Robert Lowell

It is not pleasant to come upon Death in a lonely place at midnight. — Robert E. Howard

Christ is the meritorious cause of the bestowing of those good gifts, faith and constancy unto martyrdom, upon you. — John Owen

Take them, O Death! and bear away Whatever thou canst call thine own! Thine image, stamped upon this clay, Doth give thee that, but that alone! — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

If ever again our nation stumbles upon unfunded paper, it shall surely be like death to our body politic. This country will crash. — George Washington

O hiding hair and dewy eyes, I am no more with life and death, My heart upon his warm heart lies, My breath is mixed into his breath. — W.B.Yeats

He who pretends to look upon death without fear, lies — Jean-Jacques Rousseau

In classical times, it was a capital offense to speculate upon the hour of a king's death or upon the identity of his successor. — Gore Vidal

It is only in the light of the inescapable fact of death that a person can adequately engage and enter upon the mysterious fact of life. — John Hines

Someday a loving Hand will be laid upon your shoulder and this brief message will be given: Come home. — Billy Graham

Set me like a seal upon thy heart, love is as strong as death — Viktor E. Frankl

For soon, very soon do men forget Their friends upon whom Death's seal is set. — Edwin Hubbel Chapin

I see before me the Gladiator lie: / He leans upon his hand - his manly brow / Consents to death, but conquers agony. — George Gordon Byron

Sweet sleep fell upon his eyelids, unwakeful, most pleasant, the nearest like death. — Homer

A wise man knows how little he knows and upon his death he drinks wisdom from an empty cup. — John Tarttelin

Wear me as a seal over your heart, as a seal upon your arm, for love is strong as death, passion cruel as the grave. — William Shakespeare

O Death the Healer, scorn thou not, I pray, To come to me: of cureless ills thou art The one physician. Pain lays not its touch Upon a corpse. — Aeschylus

Death fixes forever the relation existing between the departed spirit and the survivors upon earth. — John Quincy Adams

I am dying, Egypt, dying; only
I here importune death awhile, until
Of many thousand kisses the poor last
I lay upon thy lips. — William Shakespeare

Upon a life I did not live, upon a death I did not die; another's life, another's death, I stake my whole eternity. — Horatius Bonar

It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more. — J.K. Rowling

Nothing depends upon the death of an individual, be he ever so great, but much depends upon the freedom of India. — Mahatma Gandhi

There is no life and there is no death. Life and death are moving shadows cast upon the ground by clouds that sweep across the sky. — Frederick Lenz

Upon the death of my father, our family and myself were emotionally and financially exhausted. — Sam Sheppard

Death itself is less painful when it comes upon us unawares than the bare contemplation of it, even when danger is far distant. — Blaise Pascal

Whatever stress some may lay upon it, a death-bed repentance is but a weak and slender plank to trust our all on. — Laurence Sterne

We cast away priceless time in dreams, born of imagination, fed upon illusion, and put to death by reality. — Judy Garland

For them that think death's honesty won't fall upon them naturally life sometimes must get lonely. — Bob Dylan

And now that the Fade was upon him, he was resigned to his death. — J.R. Ward

One realization does dawn upon the death of the second parent, namely that you've now moved into the green room to the River Styx. You're next. — Christopher Buckley

For those who fear to die, death walks behind them like an ominous shadow. But for those who embrace it, death casts a gentle eye upon that person. — Charles Lee

In the article of death, and at the day of judgment, the soul needs something more substantial than ceremonies and rituals to lean upon. — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

He stopped loving her today, they placed a wreath upon his door. — George Jones

A man is not dependent upon his fellow creature, when he does not fear death. — Napoleon Bonaparte

The taste of death is upon my lips. I feel something that is not of this earth. — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Pride and power fall when the person falls, but discoveries of truth form legacies that can be built upon for generations. — Criss Jami

Place, time, life, death, earth, heaven are divisions and distinctions we make, like the imaginary lines we trace upon the surface of the globe. — Fanny Kemble

Physicians ought not to give their judgment of religion, for the same reason that butchers are not admitted to be jurors upon life and death. — Jonathan Swift

O death! We thank you for the light that you will shed upon our ignorance. — Jacques-Benigne Bossuet

That nation is great which rests its head upon death as its pillow. — Mahatma Gandhi

How mighty you are as death comes upon you and your color fades. Yet from life and lush to bold array, screaming into the night. — Kellie Elmore

She was infamous once upon a time. She's legendary now. The girl is a definite force to be reckoned with, though perhaps she doesn't know it yet. — Rebecca Harris

Dying on your own terms, this is the greatest gift anyone can bestow upon a mortal man. — Mario Stinger

I nod to Death in passing, aware of the sound of my own feet upon my path. The — Peter Matthiessen

The 'kingdom of Heaven' is a condition of the heart - not something that comes 'upon the earth' or 'after death.' — Friedrich Nietzsche

Death not merely ends life, it also bestows upon it a silent completeness, snatched from the hazardous flux to which all things human are subject. — Hannah Arendt

The brain acknowledged the approach of death while the heart stubbornly insisted upon immortality. — Dean Koontz

Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death. — Cassandra Clare

Behold not Death's Heads til thou doest not see them, nor look upon mortifying objects til thou overlook'st them. — John Connolly

Once upon a time, there was a man as great as the gods ...
But even the great can tremble with fear.
Even the great can fall — Mary E. Pearson

But the eyes of the Lord are watching over those who fear him, who rely upon his steady love. "He will keep them from death. . . ." Psalm 33:18 — Francine Rivers

I look upon death to be as necessary to our constitution as sleep. We shall rise refreshed in the morning. — Benjamin Franklin

Upon death the believer goes immediately into the presence of Christ in heaven, a realm far better than this earth ... Heaven is our true home. — Paul P. Enns

[we] has left nothing durable to signalize his stay upon this planet.
[we]eventually dies to the honest regret of [our] associates. — James Branch Cabell

Only upon death does an organism reach equilibrium with its inanimate environment. — Reginald H. Garrett

Every year lays more earth upon us, which weighs us down from aerial regions, till we go under the earth at last. — E.T.A. Hoffmann

Upon the shores of death I have been told there is a place between the tides where time and pain do not exist — Frederick Anderson

Lift up our eyes to you?
no, God, we stare and stare,
upon a nearer thing
that greets us here,
Death, violent and near. — Hilda Doolittle

To look upon its grass grown yard, where the sunbeams seem to sleep so quietly, one would think that there at least the dead might rest in peace. — Washington Irving

I looked upon the sea, it was to be my grave — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

We understand death for the first time when he puts his hand upon one whom we love — Madame De Stael

Live, die, something else lives. The very soil humanity walks upon is built up from death. Digging into a flowerbed means digging into bones. — M. Jones

And, as she looked around, she saw how Death, the consoler, Laying his hand upon many a heart, had healed it forever. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

As Branford Marsalis said in a beautiful essay he write upon Clarence's death, C was blessed with 'the power of musical intent. — Bruce Springsteen

You that in far-off countries of the sky can dwell secure, look back upon me here; for I am weary of this frail world's decay. — Murasaki Shikibu

My brother was a great favorite with everybody, and his death cast a gloom upon the whole neighborhood. — Buffalo Bill

How do you circumvent a mind bent upon lying to get away from the truth? — Noorilhuda

It's death and destruction I want to bring down upon House Lannister, not scorn. Jon said. — George R R Martin

Set me like a seal upon your heart, like a seal upon your arm; for love is as strong as death, jealousy is as hard and cruel as Sheol (the place of — Anonymous

Your skin upon my skin, in the beating of our hearts, may the living let us in, before the dead tear us apart. — Bruce Springsteen

Dead man, dead man
When will you arise?
Cobwebs in your mind
Dust upon your eyes — Bob Dylan

I lose hope when the desire for life awakens within me; but I regain it whenever the longing for death comes upon me. — Gustaw Herling-Grudzinski

Let's unleash Death upon this day. — K.F. Breene

But we need to quit taxing people upon death. No taxation without respiration. — Steve King

What art thou drawn among these heartless hinds? Turn thee Benvolio, look upon thy death. — William Shakespeare

Your fear of death is but the trembling of the shepherd when he stands before the king whose hand is to be laid upon him in honour. — Kahlil Gibran

There's no remedy for a spat between friends like visiting flaming, whirling death upon your enemies. — Bard Bloom

Depend upon it, sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully. — Samuel Johnson

I have often thought upon death, and I find it the least of all evils. — Francis Bacon

Twilight is like death; the dark portal of night comes upon us, to open again in the glorious morning of immortality. — James Ellis

And here face down beneath the sun
And here upon earth's noonward height
To feel the always coming on
The always rising of the night — Archibald MacLeish

Death is always sad, I suppose, to us who look forward to it: I expect it will seem very different when we can look back upon it. — Lewis Carroll

Washington, not Jefferson, freed his slaves upon his death. — Stephen Ambrose

Humanity is the desire for novelty founded upon the fear of death — Henri Barbusse

Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honors depend upon heaven. — Confucius