“If glory comes after death, I hurry not.”
V, 10 (trans. Zachariah Rush).
Epigrams (c. 80 – 104 AD)
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Stephen Hawking (1942–2018) British theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author
As quoted in "Stephen Hawking: 'There is no heaven; it's a fairy story'" by Ian Sample, in The Guardian (15 May 2011) http://www.theguardian.com/science/2011/may/15/stephen-hawking-interview-there-is-no-heaven <br class="br">Context: I have lived with the prospect of an early death for the last 49 years. I'm not afraid of death, but I'm in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first... I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark.
Fausto Cercignani (1941) Italian scholar, essayist and poet
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Woody Allen (1935) American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, author, playwright, and musician
Sleeper (1973)
“Do not be in a hurry, the right man will come at last”
Jane Austen book Pride and Prejudice
Source: Pride and Prejudice
“Someone dying asks if there is life after death. Yes, comes the answer, only not yours.”
E.L. Doctorow (1931–2015) novelist, editor, professor
“Death was to be my glory, but destiny has refused it.”
Pierre Corneille The Death of Pompey
Ma mort était ma gloire, et le destin m'en prive.
Cornélie, act III, scene iv.
La Mort de Pompée (The Death of Pompey) (1642)