Charles Caleb Colton Quotes

Even the stout of heart shrink when they see the approach of death.

He who doesn't fear death dies only once.

A man afraid of death will never play the part of a live man.

Dying--shucks! If you kin handle the living, what's to be afraid of the dying?

But come here, Fear. / I am alive! / And you are so afraid / of dying.

Brave soldier, never fear. Even though your death is near.

I'm not afraid of life and I'm not afraid of death: Dying's the bore.

I die really well, by the way. It's one of my strong points. I just take a bullet well.

I'm not frightened of death.

The worst thing that can happen is death, and that's not the worst thing in the world either.

No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there.

The hope of immortality makes heroes of cowards.

It hath been often said, that it is not death, but dying, which is terrible.

Do the dead frighten you?

The ancients dreaded death: the Christian can only fear dying.

I die hard but am not afraid to go.

Your fear of death is but the trembling of the shepherd when he stands before the king whose hand is to be laid upon him in honour.

Most of us were not afraid of death, only of the act of dying; and there were times when we overcame even this fear. At such moments we were free-men without shadows, dismissed from the ranks of the mortal; it was the most complete experience of freedom that can be granted a man.

I'm not afraid of death. Death's afraid of me.

What shall he fear that does not fear death.

A life of action and danger moderates the dread of death.

Better to die once and for all, than live in continual terror.

I dislike death, however, there are some things I dislike more than death. Therefore, there are times when I will not avoid danger.

What greater gift is there than to demonstrate you need not fear death?

He who fears not death fears not a threat.