"A corpse does not feel the knife." ~~ Talmud, Shabbat
"I think the dead which are already gone [are] more fortunate than the living who still breathe. " ~~ Ecclesiastes (Kohelet) 4:2
"It is nobler to visit a house of mourning than a house of feasting." ~~ Ecclesiastes (Kohelet) 2
"No man tells lies at death’s door." ~~ Talmud Yerushalmi, Bava Qamma
"This said the Lord God: Behold I will open your graves, and raise you from your graves, O My people, and I will bring you home into the Land of Israel…and I will put My spirit within you and you shall live. " ~~ Ezekiel (Yechezkel) 37:2-14
"If you see a graveyard before you, know that the town is nearby." ~~ Midrash Tehillim
"I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse; therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live. " ~~ Deuteronomy (Devarim) 30:19
"The righteous need no monuments: their words are their remembrance, their acts remain their shrines. " ~~ Talmud Yerushalmi, Shekalim
"Almsgiving delivers from death. " ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 10:2
"What is the meaning of “you shall die and not live” (Second Kings 20:2)? You shall die in this world and not live in the next. " ~~ Talmud, Berakhot
"Rather death than dishonor." ~~ Toldot Yitzchak
"Moses died. . .who, then, will not?" ~~ Piyut
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