„It is better to live rich, than to die rich.“
— Samuel Johnson English writer 1709 - 1784
April 17, 1778
Life of Samuel Johnson (1791), Vol III
„A mere madness, to live like a wretch and die rich.“
— Robert Burton, libro L'anatomia della malinconia
Section 2, member 3, subsection 12, Covetousness, a Cause.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part I
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„That's the state to live and die in!…R-r-rich!“
— Charles Dickens, libro Il nostro comune amico
Bk. III, Ch. 5
Our Mutual Friend (1864-1865)
„Is it not better to die valiantly, than ignominiously to lose our wretched and dishonoured lives after being the sport of others’ insolence?“
Nonne emori per virtutem praestat quam vitam miseram atque inhonestam, ubi alienae superbiae ludibrio fueris, per dedecus amittere?
— Catiline ancient Roman Senator -109 - -62 a.C.
Quoted in Sallust, Catiline's War, Book XX, pt. 9 (trans. J. C. Rolfe).
Variant translation: Is it not better to die in a glorious attempt, than, after having been the sport of other men's insolence, to resign a wretched and degraded existence with ignominy?
„Philosophies, like old soldiers, do not die, they merely fade away.“
Pragmatism and the Outlook of Modern Science (1966)
— Homér, Iliad
XV. 563–564 (tr. Alexander Pope).
Iliad (c. 750 BC)
Originale: (el) Αἰδομένων δ' ἀνδρῶν πλέονες σόοι ἠὲ πέφανται·
φευγόντων δ' οὔτ' ἂρ κλέος ὄρνυται οὔτέ τις ἀλκή.
— John Updike American novelist, poet, short story writer, art critic, and literary critic 1932 - 2009
Origine: Self-Consciousness : Memoirs (1989), Ch. 4
— Elisabeth Elliot American missionary 1926 - 2015
Origine: Passion and Purity: Learning to Bring Your Love Life Under Christ's Control
— Tom Lehrer American singer-songwriter and mathematician 1928
Introduction to "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park"
An Evening (Wasted) With Tom Lehrer (1959)
— Johann Hari British journalist 1979
Britain - a caste society?, JohannHari.com, January 29, 2006, 2007-01-26 http://www.johannhari.com/archive/article.php?id=789,
„“Are you that afraid to die?”
“No. I simply like to live.”“
— Poul Anderson, libro Tau Zero
Origine: Tau Zero (1970), Chapter 7 (p. 78)
— Aravind Adiga, libro The White Tiger
The Sixth Night.
The White Tiger (2008)
„When the rich make war, it's the poor that die.“
— Jean Paul Sartre, libro Il diavolo e il buon Dio
Quand les riches se font la guerre, ce sont les pauvres qui meurent.
The Devil and the Good Lord (1951)
Origine: Le diable et le bon dieu
— Khaled Hosseini, libro Mille splendidi soli
Origine: A Thousand Splendid Suns (2007)
Contesto: Nana (to Mariam) : A man's heart isn't like a woman's womb, Mariam! It won't bleed, it won't make room for you. A man's heart is a wretched, wretched thing. I'm all you have in this world, Mariam and when I'm gone, you'll have nothing. You are nothing!
„people can die of mere imagination“
— Geoffrey Chaucer, libro I racconti di Canterbury
Origine: The Canterbury Tales
„We become imprisoned by our memories, and that makes our lives wretched.“
— Paulo Coelho, libro Aleph
Origine: Aleph
