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Dies Quotes

Short, weighty lines on endings and mortality.

These dies quotes treat mortality plainly, noting that no hero is truly immortal and that everything born eventually meets an end. See our Death quotes for more.

No hero is mortal till he dies.

Quotes by W. H. Auden

Trust dies but mistrust blossoms.

Sophocles

Traditionally in zombie movies, one of the main characters dies.

Quotes by Ruben Fleischer

Love dies only when growth stops.

Quotes by Pearl S. Buck

Always Quotes

The Flower that once has blown forever dies.

Quotes by Omar Khayyam

Everything that gets born dies.

Quotes by Morrie Schwartz

Whom the gods love dies young.

Quotes by Menander

Fling but a stone, the giant dies.

Quotes by Matthew Green

A beautiful body perishes, but a work of art dies not.

Leonardo da Vinci

Body Quotes

One is born, one lives, one dies. What death is, I don't know.

Quotes by Leonora Carrington

If it doesn't start with you, it dies with you.

Quotes by Julian Casablancas

Nothing dies harder than a bad idea.

Quotes by Julia Cameron

Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies.

Quotes by John Donne

Freedom is something that dies unless it's used.

Quotes by Hunter S. Thompson

Born Quotes

The squirrel that you kill in jest, dies in earnest.

Henry David Thoreau

Wherever it is resisted, slaver dies away and freedom grows.

Quotes by Henry Charles Carey

When belief in a god dies, the god dies.

Quotes by Harlan Ellison

Where liberty dies, evil grows.

Quotes by Hamid Karzai

A crash is when your competitor's program dies. When your program dies, it is an 'idiosyncrasy'.

Quotes by Guy Kawasaki

Death Quotes

We always have hope. Hope dies last.

Quotes by Granit Xhaka

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the central theme running through dies quotes?
Mortality and endings, stated plainly — that even heroes aren't immortal, and that everything born eventually meets its end.
Are all of these quotes about literal death?
No, some use 'dies' figuratively, describing how an idea or effort fades once nobody keeps carrying it forward.
Is there a quote about ideas surviving or failing?
Yes, one observes that a poor idea can be the hardest thing of all to finally kill off, pointing to how stubbornly flawed thinking tends to linger.
Do these quotes treat death as something to fear?
Not particularly — the tone is mostly matter-of-fact, presenting mortality as a simple, universal fact rather than something to dwell on with dread.
How does this topic relate to Death quotes?
They cover closely related ground, so our broader Death quotes offer more perspectives on the same theme.

Others use the word figuratively, warning that an idea or effort fades once nobody keeps it alive. Explore our Born or Body quotes for related reflections.