William Hazlitt Quotes about Death
Our repugnance to death increases in proportion to our consciousness of having lived in vain.
William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.171, Delphi Classics
William Hazlitt (1859). “Table talk”, p.133
William Hazlitt (1839). “Sketches and Essays by W. H. Now first collected [and edited] by his son”, p.101
The most rational cure after all for the inordinate fear of death is to set a just value on life.
Table Talk 'On the Fear of Death'