George Goodman (1930–2014) American author and economics commentator
Source: The Money Game (1968), Chapter 13, But What Do The Numbers Mean?, p. 185
“He will not do death the honor of taking it into account.”
Er erweist dem Tod nicht die Ehre.
J. Agee, trans. (1989), p. 150
Das Geheimherz der Uhr [The Secret Heart of the Clock] (1987)
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“No evil is honorable; but death is honorable; therefore death is not evil.”
Zeno of Citium (-334–-263 BC) ancient Greek philosopher
As quoted in Epistles No. 82, by Seneca the Younger
“A man is honorable in proportion to the personal risks he takes for his opinion.”
Nassim Nicholas Taleb book Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
Source: Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (2012), p. 147
Thomas à Kempis (1380–1471) German canon regular
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 293.
“Despair is a great incentive to honorable death.”
Desperatio magnum ad honeste moriendum incitamentum.
Quintus Curtius Rufus Roman historian
IX, 5, 6.
Historiarum Alexandri Magni Macedonis Libri Qui Supersunt, Book IX
Eric Hoffer book The True Believer
Section 113, Ch. 17 The Practical Men of Action
The True Believer (1951), Part Four: Beginning and End
“Death with honor is better than a life of degradation.”
Husayn ibn Ali (626–680) The grandson of Muhammad and the son of Ali ibn Abi Talib
Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol.44 p. 192
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“A good death does honor to a whole life.”
Francesco Petrarca Il Canzoniere
Un bel morir tutta la vita honora.
Canzone 207 (c. 1348), st. 5
Il Canzoniere (c. 1351–1353), To Laura in Life
“Old age is not as honorable as death, but most people seek it.”
David Gemmell (1948–2006) British author of heroic fantasy
Source: Fall of Kings
