Quote by Michel de Montaigne

It is not death that alarms me, but dying.

It is not death that alarms me, but dying.

Summary

This quote expresses the fear of the process of dying rather than the actual event of death itself. It suggests that the speaker is not afraid of the concept of death but rather apprehensive about the experience of dying or the potential pain and suffering it may entail. It points to the importance of quality of life and a fear of a lingering, difficult, or uncomfortable end rather than the end itself.

Topics

Death

By Michel de Montaigne

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

Your crew becomes your family and you trust the director and

Your crew becomes your family and you trust the director and the other actors on the set, and it's a very safe place.

Aleksa Palladino

Trust

The bill neither confers nor abridges the rights of anyone b

The bill neither confers nor abridges the rights of anyone but simply declares that in civil rights there shall be equality among all classes of citizens and that all alike shall be subject to the same punishment.

Equality

Autism is a neurological disorder. It's not caused by bad pa

Autism is a neurological disorder. It's not caused by bad parenting. It's caused by, you know, abnormal development in the brain. The emotional circuits in the brain are abnormal. And there also are differences in the white matter, which is the brain's computer cables that hook up the different brain departments.

Man

Most of us women like men, you know it's just that we find t

Most of us women like men, you know it's just that we find them a constant disappointment.

The British soldier can stand up to anything except the Brit

The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office.

George Bernard Shaw

War

It the proof of high culture to say the greatest matters in

It the proof of high culture to say the greatest matters in the simplest way.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Growing up with three older brothers and being the youngest

Growing up with three older brothers and being the youngest and the only girl, my mom always made me tough. She's taught me over the years how to be a strong, independent woman, how to carry yourself in a positive way and anything that my brothers can do, I can do.

And while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for t

And while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department.

Andrew Carnegie

Capitalism

It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always

It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.

John D. Rockefeller

Happiness

And oft, my jealousy shapes faults that are not

And oft, my jealousy shapes faults that are not

William Shakespeare

Jealousy

Footfalls echo in the memory Down the passage which we

Footfalls echo in the memory Down the passage which we did not take Towards the door we never opened Into the rosegarden. My words echo Thus, in your mind.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Age Love

Woe to the makers of literal translations, who by rendering

Woe to the makers of literal translations, who by rendering every word weaken the meaning! It is indeed by so doing that we can say the letter kills and the spirit gives life.

Voltaire (FranÃ§oisMarie Arouet)

Translation