“I'd rather live a hard life of fact than a sweet life of lies.”

“I'd rather go on hearing your lies, than to go on living without you.”

Elvis Presley (1935–1977) American singer and actor

“Poetry is not the most important thing in life… I'd much rather lie in a hot bath reading Agatha Christie and sucking sweets.”

Dylan Thomas (1914–1953) Welsh poet and writer

“I'd rather offer my life as a sacrifice than be necessary to anything.”

Emil M. Cioran (1911–1995) Romanian philosopher and essayist

“The world may be utterly crazy
And life may be labour in vain;
But I'd rather be silly than lazy,
And would not quit life for its pain.”

James Clerk Maxwell (1831–1879) Scottish physicist

“I'd rather die terrified than live forever.”

Joey Comeau (1980) writer

“Live your life as an Exclamation rather than an Explanation”

Isaac Newton (1643–1727) British physicist and mathematician and founder of modern classical physics

“I'd rather live in Bohemia than in any other land.”

John Boyle O'Reilly (1844–1890) Irish-born poet and novelist

“A hard life is not a punishment, but rather an opportunity.”

Brian L. Weiss

“I'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead.”

Jimmy Buffett (1946) American singer–songwriter and businessman