“The brave can death despise,
And dies contented, if with fame he dies.”

Un magnanimo cor morte non prezza,
Presta o tarda che sia, pur che ben muora.
Canto XVII, stanza 15 (tr. W. S. Rose)
Orlando Furioso (1532)

Original

Un magnanimo cor morte non prezza, Presta o tarda che sia, pur che ben muora.

Orlando Furioso (1532)

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "The brave can death despise, And dies contented, if with fame he dies." by Ludovico Ariosto?
Ludovico Ariosto photo
Ludovico Ariosto 97
Italian poet 1474–1533

Related quotes

Walter Scott photo
Muhammad photo

“One who died but did not fight in the way of Allah nor did he express any desire (or determination) for Jihad died the death of a hypocrite.”

Muhammad (570–632) Arabian religious leader and the founder of Islam

Sunni Hadith
Context: It has been narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: One who died but did not fight in the way of Allah nor did he express any desire (or determination) for Jihad died the death of a hypocrite.

Anaïs Nin photo
Mwanandeke Kindembo photo
Emily Dickinson photo

“A death-blow is a life-blow to some
Who, till they died, did not alive become;
Who, had they lived, had died, but when
They died, vitality begun.”

Emily Dickinson (1830–1886) American poet

Time and Eternity, p. 204
Collected Poems (1993)

Philipp Mainländer photo

“God died and His death was the life of the world.”

Philipp Mainländer (1841–1876) German poet and philosopher

Source: Philosophie der Erlösung, Erster Band (2014), Physik, § 38 ISBN 978-1494963262

Bob Dylan photo

“Yes, and how many deaths will it take till he knows that too many people have died?”

Bob Dylan (1941) American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist

Song lyrics, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963), Blowin' in the Wind

Pat Conroy photo
Jean de La Bruyère photo

“There are but three events in a man's life: birth, life and death. He is not conscious of being born, he dies in pain, and he forgets to live.”

Il n'y a pour l'homme que trois événements: naître, vivre et mourir. Il ne se sent pas naître, il souffre à mourir, et il oublie de vivre.
Aphorism 48
Les Caractères (1688), De l'Homme

Italo Svevo photo

“When a man dies, he has too many other worries to allow any thinking about death.”

Quando si muore si ha ben altro da fare che di pensare alla morte.
Source: La coscienza di Zeno (1923), P. 45; p. 55.

Related topics