“That man lives badly who does not know how to die well.”
Seneca the Younger (-4–65 BC) Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist
On Tranquility of the Mind
“There are few things easier than to live badly and to die well.”
Vera; or, The Nihilists (1880)
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“To die for a religion is easier than to live it absolutely.”
Jorge Luis Borges book Deutsches Requiem
"Deutsches Requiem" as translated by Julian Palley (1958)
Epictetus (50–138) philosopher from Ancient Greece
Fragment xxxii.
Golden Sayings of Epictetus, Fragments
“I’ll know how to die with courage; that is easier than living.”
Act II.
Dantons Tod (Danton's Death) (1835)
“Byron says that it is easier to die for the woman one loves than to live with her.”
André Maurois (1885–1967) French writer
Un Art de Vivre (The Art of Living) (1939), The Art of Loving
“A man who fails well is greater than one who succeeds badly.”
Thomas Merton book No Man Is an Island
Source: No Man Is an Island
Oscar Wilde book The Picture of Dorian Gray
Variant: There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.
Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray
“Women still live longer than men because their lives are easier.”
Rush Limbaugh (1951) U.S. radio talk show host, Commentator, author, and television personality
March 1, 2005, on The Rush Limbaugh Show ([Rush Limbaugh now has a Presidential Medal of Freedom. Here are just 20 of the outrageous things he's said, Jason, Silverstein, February 6, 2020, CBS News, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rush-limbaugh-presidential-medal-of-freedom-state-of-the-union-outrageous-quotes/]; [Rush Limbaugh’s most outrageous moments in 25 years on the radio, August 1, 2013, Morgan, Whitaker, MSNBC, http://www.msnbc.com/politicsnation/rush-limbaughs-most-outrageous-moments-25]; [Limbaugh: “Women still live longer than men because their lives are easier”, Katie, Barge, March 3, 2005, Media Matters for America, https://www.mediamatters.org/rush-limbaugh/limbaugh-women-still-live-longer-men-because-their-lives-are-easier])
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