“Old man! ’tis not so difficult to die.”
Act III, scene iv
Manfred (1817)
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George Gordon Byron227
English poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement 1788–1824Related quotes
“Tis not that dieing hurts us so- tis living- hurts us more.”
Emily Dickinson (1830–1886) American poet
“Tis immortality to die aspiring,
As if a man were taken quick to heaven.”
George Chapman The Conspiracy and Tragedy of Charles, Duke of Byron
Act I, scene i; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
The Conspiracy and Tragedy of Charles, Duke of Byron (1608)
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet
Sacrifice
1860s, May-Day and Other Pieces (1867)
Variant: Though love repine, and reason chafe,
There came a voice without reply, —
"'Tis man's perdition to be safe,
When for the truth he ought to die."
“the man
inside of woman
ties a knot
so that they will
never again be separate…”
Anne Sexton (1928–1974) poet from the United States
“I am an old man who will live until I die," Anselmo said.”
Ernest Hemingway book For Whom the Bell Tolls
Source: For Whom the Bell Tolls
“When he is forsaken,
Withered and shaken,
What can an old man do but die?”
Thomas Hood (1799–1845) British writer
Spring it is cheery; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
20th century
“You'se something tuh make uh man forgit to git old and forgit tuh die.”
Zora Neale Hurston book Their Eyes Were Watching God
Source: Their Eyes Were Watching God