Soft Death

Famous quotes containing the words soft and/or death:

    “O sleep, O gentle sleep,
    Nature’s soft nurse, how have I frighted thee,
    That thou no more wilt weigh my eye-lids down
    And steep my senses in forgetfulness?”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “If thou art rich, thou’rt poor,
    For like an ass, whose back with ingots bows,
    Thou bear’st thy heavy riches but a journey,
    And death unloads thee.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)