“You are all born free and equal, and free you shall all die.”
Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author
“Try to be free: you will die of hunger.”
A Short History of Decay (1949)
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George Carlin (1937–2008) American stand-up comedian
The actual author of this quote is Roger J. Corless, from his book "The Vision of Buddhism: the Space Under the Tree". The original quote is, "We make ourselves miserable by first closing ourselves off from reality and then collecting this and that in an attempt to make ourselves happy by possessing happiness. But happiness is not something I have, it is something I myself want to be. Trying to be happy by accumulating possessions is like trying to satisfy hunger by taping sandwiches all over my body." ( [Corless, Robert J., Vision of Buddhism: The Space Under the Tree, http://books.google.com/books?hl=de&id=KecGAAAAYAAJ&q=sandwiches#search_anchor, 2013-03-07, 1998, Paragon House, 1557782008, 20, 362] )
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Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986) Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator, and a key figure in Spanish language literature
“If people should ever start to do only what is necessary millions would die of hunger.”
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742–1799) German scientist, satirist
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Variant translation: If all mankind were suddenly to practice honesty, many thousands of people would be sure to starve.
Aphorisms (1765-1799), Notebook C (1772-1773)
Polycarp Pengo (1944) Catholic cardinal
Tanzanian cardinal: Reject ideological colonization through foreign aid https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/40079/tanzanian-cardinal-reject-ideological-colonization-through-foreign-aid (December 5, 2018)
“I'm trying to die correctly, but it's very difficult, you know.”
Lawrence Durrell (1912–1990) British novelist, poet, dramatist, and travel writer
Interview in the Sunday Times, 1988
“The free world wants to feed South Africa to the Red Crocodile [communism], to appease its hunger.”
P. W. Botha (1916–2006) South African prime minister
As cited in Dictionary of South African Quotations, Jennifer Crwys-Williams, Penguin Books 1994, p. 90
XII. 342–343 (tr. Robert Fagles).
Odyssey (c. 725 BC)