Yongle Emperor - Death

Famous quotes containing the word death:

“Life without a friend is death without a witness.”
—Spanish proverb.

“Oh! death will find me long before I tire
Of watching you.”
—Rupert Brooke (1887–1915)

“Consider his life which was valueless
In terms of employment, hotel ledgers, news files.
Consider. One bullet in ten thousand kills a man.
Ask. Was so much expenditure justified
On the death of one so young and so silly
Lying under the olive tree, O world, O death?”
—Stephen Spender (1909–1995)