Benjamin Franklin Quotes About Death
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Death is a fisherman, the world we see His fish-pond is, and we the fishes be; His net some general sickness; howe'er he Is not so kind as other fishers be; For if they take one of the smaller fry, They throw him in again, he shall not die: But death is sure to kill all he can get, And all is fish with him that comes to net.
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Many people die at twenty five and aren't buried until they are seventy five.
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Certainlie these things agree, The Priest, the Lawyer, & Death all three: Death takes both the weak and the strong. The lawyer takes from both right and wrong, And the priest from living and dead has his Fee.
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I saw few die of hunger; of eating, a hundred thousand.
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Strange secrets are let out by Death Who blabs so oft the follies of this world.
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The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason: The Morning Daylight appears plainer when you put out your Candle.
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A man is not completely born until he is dead.
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Our Constitution is in actual operation; everything appears to promise that it will last; but in this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.
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We are spirits. That bodies should be lent us while they afford us pleasure, assist us in acquiring knowledge or in doing good to our fellow-creatures, is a kind of benevolent act of God. When they become unfit for these purposes and afford us pain instead of pleasure, instead of an aid become an encumbrance and answer none of these intentions for which they were given, it is equally kind and benevolent that a way is provided by which we get rid of them. Death is that way.
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Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in the world nothing can be said to be certain except death and taxes.
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Death takes no bribes.
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I look upon death to be as necessary to our constitution as sleep. We shall rise refreshed in the morning.
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In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.
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Fear not death; for the sooner we die, the longer shall we be immortal.
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Life is rather a state of embryo, a preparation for life; a man is not completely born till he has passed through death.
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A man is not completely born until he is dead. Why then should we grieve that a new child is born among the immortals, a new member added to their happy society?
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Benjamin Franklin
- Born: January 17, 1706
- Died: April 17, 1790
- Occupation: Founding Father of the United States
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