“Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.”
William Shakespeare Julius Caesar
Caesar, Act II, scene ii.
Source: Julius Caesar (1599)
“Cowards die a thousand deaths, but the brave only die once.”
— Ernest Hemingway, book A Farewell to Arms
Source: A Farewell to Arms
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William Shakespeare Julius Caesar
Variant: Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Of all the wonders that I yet have heard,
It seems to me most strange that men should fear;
Seeing that death, a necessary end,
Will come when it will come.
Source: Julius Caesar