“Cold Mountain Son
Forever not change
I live alone
Beyond life death”
Cold Mountain Transcendental Poetry
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Han-shan 37
Chinese monk and poetRelated quotes
Pharaoh, Book X, line 688
The Odyssey : A Modern Sequel (1938)
Context: Fools, art is a heavy task, more heavy than gold crowns;
it's far more difficult to match firm words than armies,
they're disciplined troops, unconquered, to be placed in rhythm,
the mind's most mighty foe, and not disperse in air.
I'd give, believe me, a whole land for one good song,
for I know well that only words, that words alone,
like the high mountains, have no fear of age or death.
Variant: Don't be afraid of death; be afraid of an unlived life. You don't have to live forever, you just have to live.
Source: Tuck Everlasting: Scholastic Book Guides
Quelle vérité que ces montagnes bornent, qui est mensonge qui se tient au delà?
Book II, Ch. 12
Essais (1595), Book II
“Come on, you sons of bitches, do you want to live forever?”
Battle cry at the Battle of Belleau Wood, World War I, June 1918
Who's Who in Marine Corps History: "Daniel Daly"
Compare Frederick the Great: Rogues, would you live forever? http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/wo/would.html
Source: "Sergeant Major Daniel "Dan" Joseph Daly, USMC (Deceased)", Who's Who in Marine Corps History, United States Marine Corps, 2015-09-18 https://www.mcu.usmc.mil/historydivision/Pages/Who%27s%20Who/D-F/Daly_DJ.aspx,