Big Books of 2026

Premature Death Quotes

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Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“A premature death does not only rob one of the countless instances where one would have experienced pleasure, it also saves one from the innumerable instances where one would have experienced pain.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“There is a correlation between how many years we will live and how many loved ones we will bury.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
tags: blessing, curse, death, double-edged-sword, funeral, gone-too-soon, long-life, old-age, pessimism, premature-death
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Steven Magee
“Unfortunately, you are far more likely to be harmed or die prematurely as a direct result of modern society than you are from any form of terrorism.”
― Steven Magee, Curing Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity
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Israelmore Ayivor
“Save your mind from a premature death by always learning something new no matter your age! Think every day, but make sure it's not within the perimeter of the box! Think outside the box!”
― Israelmore Ayivor, The Great Hand Book of Quotes
tags: age, box, death, every-day, food-for-thought, how-old-are-you, israelmore-ayivor, keep-learning, learn, learn-every-day, mind, old, outside, perimeter, premature, premature-death, save, think, think-out-of-the-box, untimely, untimely-death
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Israelmore Ayivor
“If you don't know yourself, you may easily blow away opportunities meant for your success! Know who you are made of and save your dreams from premature death!”
― Israelmore Ayivor, The Great Hand Book of Quotes
tags: be-aware, blow-away, dead-dreams, death, enlightenment, food-for-thought, israelmore-ayivor, kill-dreams, know-thyself, know-you, know-yourself, opportunities, opportunity, optimization, premature-death, save, self-awareness, succeed, success, successful, unique, use-opportunities-well, who-are-you, you, yourself
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Steven Magee
“I have noticed a trend in premature deaths in the people that I know and the presence of streetlights outside of their homes.”
― Steven Magee, Light Forensics
tags: death, deaths, home, house, know, light, notice, noticed, outside, people, people-quotes, premature, premature-death, presence, residence, street, streetlight, streetlights, their, trend
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Patricia Beer
“My mother who died young
In an outlandish rhythm
Would have been seventy now
And perhaps dead in funeral time.
So I may start to mourn
As I would celebrate
The first or second birthday
Of a still-born baby.

- Out of Season”
― Patricia Beer, The Survivors
tags: mourning, premature-death
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Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“A long life is a curse if you have a short temper.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana, P for Pessimism: A Collection of Funny yet Profound Aphorisms
tags: anger, equanimity, life, long-life, longevity, premature-death, short-temper, short-tempered, stoicism, stress
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Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“No one is too old to live another day, or too young to die today.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
tags: death, funeral, gone-but-not-forgotten, gone-too-soon, immorality, life, mortality, pessimism, premature-death, stoicism
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Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“Some of us meet our death while we are being introduced to life by our birth.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
tags: birth, death, death-of-a-child, funeral, funeral-speech, leave-life, life, mortality, pessimism, premature-death
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Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“You can be too old to live, but not too young to die.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
tags: death, death-of-a-child, gone-too-soon, life, mortality, pessimism, premature-death, stoicism, too-old, too-young
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Michael Bassey Johnson
“Opulence and fame will shorten your life, ask for long life, and you'll enjoy the former in small quantities, for it is a substitute.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, Classic Quotations From The Otherworlds
tags: death, enjoyment, fame, long-life, option, opulence, premature-death, quantity, substitute, substitution
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Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“Naming your child Wiseman does not guarantee that he will someday be a wise man … or even just a man.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
tags: baby-name, baby-names, name, names, naming, pessimism, premature-death, wisdom, wise, wiseman
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Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“Almost every funeral is attended by at least a few people whose funerals the person being buried thought he or she would attend.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
tags: cremation, death, funeral, funeral-speech, funeral-speeches, memorial-service, pessimism, premature-death, rest-in-peace, speech-for-a-funeral
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