Francis Bacon Quotes About Death
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What, then, remains but that we still should cry, For being born, and, being born, to die?
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I do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke of death.
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One of the fathers saith . . . that old men go to death, and death comes to young men.
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Death is a friend of ours; and he that is not ready to entertain him is not at home.
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It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is as painful as the other.
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Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased by tales, so is the other.
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It is natural to die as to be born.
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Francis Bacon
- Born: January 22, 1561
- Died: April 9, 1626
- Occupation: Former Lord Chancellor