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“The saints were cowards who stood by to see Christ crucified: they should have flung themselves Upon the Roman spears, and died in vain-- The grandest death, to die in vain--for love Greater than sways the forces of the world!”

World Should Dies Jesus Force Christ Greater Should Have Died Saint Vain Coward Spears

Book:Delphi Complete Works of George Eliot (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of George Eliot (Illustrated)

“You never escape the traps you spin yourself. Only a greater power can break a power, and then you're trapped again. Trapped forever so you cannot die.”

Dies Break Forever Greater Trapped Traps Greater Power

Book:Lord of Chaos: Book Six of 'The Wheel of Time'

Source: Lord of Chaos: Book Six of 'The Wheel of Time'

“There is nothing in all the world greater than freedom. It is worth paying for; it is worth going to jail for. I would rather be a free pauper than a rich slave. I would rather die in abject poverty with my convictions than live in inordinate riches with the lack of self respect.”

World Self Dies Poverty Rich Greater Slave Conviction Riches Self Respect Jail

Book:The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.:

Source: The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.:

“I have reared a memorial more enduring than brass, and loftier than the regal structure of the pyramids, which neither the corroding shower nor the powerless north wind can destroy; no, not even unending years nor the flight of time itself. I shall not entirely die. The greater part of me shall escape oblivion.”

Years Dies Greater Wind Structure Series Endure Flight Showers Powerless Oblivion Memorial Pyramids Unending Brass Regal North Wind

Author:Horace

“See that unfortunate soldier who is falling hurt to death ("tombe blessé à...", Fr.) on the battlefield; he learns that his folks have vanquished and dies happy. He detached himself from himself (s'est détacher de lui-même", Fr.), has identified himself with something greater and more lasting than himself; his homeland ("patrie", Fr.); thus, while dying as an individual, he has the certainty to survive in a larger existence.”

Dies Fall Individual Hurt Existence Greater Dying Soldier Folks Certainty Lasting Bless Unfortunate Homeland Battlefields Detached

Author:African Spir

“Only idiots die for an idea! Life is greater and infinitely more valuable than all the ideas!”

Life Ideas Life Is Dies Greater Valuable Idiot

Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan

“However great a man's fear of life, suicide remains the courageous act, the clear-headed act of a mathematician. The suicide has judged by the laws of chance - so many odds against one that to live will be more miserable than to die. His sense of mathematics is greater than his sense of survival. But think how a sense of survival must clamor to be heard at the last moment, what excuses it must present of a totally unscientific nature.”

Thinking Men Moments Lasts Law Dies Chance Clear Greater Heard Survival Mathematics Remains Suicide Excuse Miserable Courageous Judged Odds Mathematician Suicidal Clamor Fears Of Life

Author:Graham Greene

“Other people, some other writers, will win certain accolades or sell in far greater numbers than me - and I'm a legitimate best-selling author - but I live and die for the work. That's thrilling to me. It's thrilling that I do for others what certain writers did for me when I was a kid.”

People Kids Certain Dies Winning Numbers Greater Sells Selling Thrilling Accolades

Author:James Ellroy

“If we are mark'd to die, we are enow To do our country loss; and if to live, The fewer men, the greater share of honour. God's will! I pray thee; wish not one man more.”

Ifs Men Country Dies Wish Loss Greater Share Praying Mark Gods Will Our Country Thee One Man Honour Fewer I Pray

Book:Shakspeare's Dramatic Works: With Explanatory Notes

Source: Shakspeare's Dramatic Works: With Explanatory Notes

“I cannot think of a greater blessing than to die in one's own bed, without warning or discomfort, on the last page of a new book that we most wanted to read.”

Thinking Book Wanted Lasts Dies Greater Blessing Bed Pages Warning Discomfort New Books Most Wanted

Author:John Russell, 1st Earl Russell

“Unlike most of life, what you do really matters. Your actions have real consequences. You have to pay attention and focus, and that's very satisfying. It forces you to pay great attention and you lose yourself in the task at hand. Without the risk, that wouldn't happen, so the risk is an essential part of climbing, and that's hard for some people to grasp. You can't justify the risk when things go wrong and people die. The greater the risk, the greater the reward in most aspects of life, and in climbing that's certainly true, too. It's very physical, you use your mind and your body.”