“Tis as cheap sitting as standing.”
Polite Conversation (1738), Dialogue 1
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"The Pessimist," http://books.google.com/books?id=nfUaAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Nothing+to+breathe+but+air+Quick+as+a+flash%22+%22gone+Nowhere+to+fall+but+off+Nowhere+to+stand+but+on%22&pg=PA225#v=onepage first published as "The Sum of Life" in the Chicago Mail, c. January 1893 http://books.google.com/books?id=RCgTAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Nothing+to+breathe+but+air+Quick+as+a+flash+tis+gone+Nowhere+to+fall+but+off+Nowhere+to+stand+but+on%22&pg=PA48#v=onepage.

“Never sit a table when you can stand at the bar.”

“To stand up for truth is nothing. For truth, you must sit in jail.”
“When you believe in something, stand up for it, even if everyone is sitting.”
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“One is either judge or accused. The judge sits, the accused stands. Live on your feet.”
Diary of an Unknown (1988)
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 345.

Source: The Keys to the Kingdom series, Mister Monday (2003), p. 241.