Famous quotes containing the word die:
“Now they heap the funeral pyre,
And the torch of death they light;
Ah! tis hard to die by fire!”
—William Makepeace Thackeray (18111863)
“That man is good who does good to others; if he suffers on account of the good he does, he is very good; if he suffers at the hands of those to whom he has done good, then his goodness is so great that it could be enhanced only by greater sufferings; and if he should die at their hands, his virtue can go no further: it is heroic, it is perfect.”
—Jean De La Bruyère (16451696)
“Adultery? Thou shalt not die. Die for adultery!
No, the wren goes tot, and the small gilded fly
Does lecher in my sight. Let copulation thrive.”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)
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