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  ...finest day of life is that on which one quits it.--FREDERICK THE GREAT.
Death is delightful. Death is dawn-- The waking from a weary night Of fevers unto truth and light. --JOAQUIN MILLER.
The hour conceal'd and so remote the fear, Death still draws nearer, never seeming near. --POPE.
All that lives must die, Passing through nature to eternity. --SHAKESPEARE.
Death gives us sleep, eternal youth, and immortality.   --RICHTER.
You should not fear, nor yet should you wish for your last day. --MARTIAL.
No man but knows that he must die; he knows that in whatever quarter of the world he abides--whatever be his circumstances--however strong his present hold of life--however unlike the prey of death he looks--that it is his doom beyond reverse to die.--STEBBING.
It is by no means a fact that death is the worst of all evils; when it comes, it is an alleviation to mortals who are worn out...   Richter, Jean Paul

Excerpt from Many Thoughts of Many Minds A Treasury of Quotations from the Literature of Every Land and Every Age · This quote is tagged Death and Dying · Search on Google Books to find all references and sources for this quotation.

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