Reckoning quotes
13 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
"What is honour? a word. What is in that word honour? what is that honour? air. A trim reckoning! Who hath it? he that died o' Wednesday. Doth he feel it? no. Doth he hear it? no."
"If you have not learned to be a passionate lover, do not count your life as lived. On the day of reckoning, it will not be counted."
"Not to be born surpasses all reckoning. The next best thing by far, when one has been born is to go back as swiftly as possible whence one came."
"No reckoning made, but sent to my account with all my imperfections on my head."
"This is the essence of all sciences - that you should know who you will be when the Day of Reckoning arrives."
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"I'm only afraid of dying if I'm to be held accountable for what I did while living. If there's no God or reckoning, I'm like, whew!"