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?

    "Handy-Book of Literary Curiosities". Book by William Shepard Walsh, 1892.
  • I do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke of death.

    Francis Bacon (1765). “The works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, and Lord High Chancellor of England, in five volumes”, p.636
  • One of the fathers saith . . . that old men go to death, and death comes to young men.

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    Francis Bacon, David Mallet (1740). “The Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, Lord High Chancellor of England ...: With Several Additional Pieces, Never Before Printed in Any Edition of His Works. To which is Prefixed, a New Life of the Author”, p.289
  • Death is a friend of ours; and he that is not ready to entertain him is not at home.

    Francis Bacon (1765). “The works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, and Lord High Chancellor of England, in five volumes”, p.638
  • It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is as painful as the other.

    'Essays' (1625) 'Of Death'
  • 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.

    Essays "Of Death" (1625)
  • It is natural to die as to be born.

    'Essays' (1625) 'Of Death'
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Francis Bacon

  • Born: January 22, 1561
  • Died: April 9, 1626
  • Occupation: Former Lord Chancellor