“Who can be forced has not learned how to die.”
Hercules Furens (The Madness of Hercules), line 426; (Megara).
Alternate translation: Who can be compelled does not know how to die.
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Cogi qui potest nescit mori.
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Seneca the Younger 225
Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist -4–65 BCRelated quotes

“The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change.”

“If being a kid is about learning how to live, then being a grown-up is about learning how to die.”
Pt. 1, Ch. 5
Christine (1983)
Source: Education of a Wandering Man (1989), Ch. 11

“One does not learn how to die by killing others.”
Book IX: Ch. 4: Danton – Camille Desmoulins – Fabre d’Églantine.
Mémoires d'outre-tombe (1848 – 1850)

“Just when I thought I was learning how to live, 'twas then I realized I was learning how to die.”