“Better be killed than frightened to death.”
Mr. Facey Romford's Hounds (1865) ch. 39
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“To me death is better than the defensive.”
Quoted in W. Lyon Blease, "Suvorof," 1926.
“Death with honor is better than a life of degradation.”
Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol.44 p. 192
General Quotes
“Death is better, a milder fate than tyranny.”
Variant translation: Death is softer by far than tyranny.
Source: Oresteia (458 BC), Agamemnon, line 1364
“Better death than to be appointed Superior General.”
“There's nothing better than a party that turns into a death trap.”
Doctor Who Confidential Series 2, Episode 5, "Cybermen" http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/confidential/index5.shtml (Doctor Who documentary series, 2005)
“It is better to die well, than to live wrongly (…) who is afraid of death loses the joy of life; truth prevails all, prevails who is killed, because no adversity can harm him, who is not dominated by injustice.”
Melius est bene mori, quam male vivere (...) qui mortem metuit, amittit gaudia vitae; super omnia vincit veritas, vincit, qui occiditur, quia nulla ei nocet adversitas, si nulla ei dominatur iniquitas.
Quoted in John Huss: His Life, Teachings and Death, After Five Hundred Years (1915) by David Schley Schaff, p. 58.
Jan Hus in Letter to Christian of Prachatice, probably the most influential of his quotes, first adopted as the motto by Hussite warriors, centuries later this motto was inscribed on the banner of the Presidents of the Czechoslovakia and now (in Czech translation) is inscribed on the banner of the President of the Czech Republic.
“Harry Dresden: Death is only frightening from the near side.”
Source: The Dresden Files, Ghost Story (2011), Chapter 14