“He thought it happier to be dead,
To die for Beauty, than live for bread.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet
Beauty
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
On the death of Andrew Breitbart, The Rolling Stones, Andrew Breitbart: Death of a Douche, March 1 2012
“He thought it happier to be dead,
To die for Beauty, than live for bread.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet
Beauty
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
Henry Miller book Tropic of Capricorn
Source: Tropic of Capricorn (1939) New York: Grove Press, 1961, p. 313
“Revenge! No — what good would that do? — it would make him no better, and me no happier.”
Anne Brontë book The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Source: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848), Ch. XXXVII : The Neighbour Again; Helen to Walter
Karl Rove (1950) American political consultant and policy advisor
Ron Suskind, Esquire, January 2003 http://www.ronsuskind.com/newsite/articles/archives/000032.html
“It is good that a man's enemies want him dead, for it proves he has lived a life of worth.”
Forrest Carter (1925–1979) Political speechwriter, politician, novelist, memoirist
Source: The Outlaw Josey Wales
Alex Jones (1974) American radio host, author, conspiracy theorist and filmmaker
"The Night Where Alex Jones Said Fuck Trump" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MZad7NmLqg, The Alex Jones Show, April 13 2018. <br class="br">2018
Ozzy Osbourne (1948) English heavy metal vocalist and songwriter
[Laughs] Don't get me wrong, he's a great player. He plays like a motherfucker! <br class="br">Revolver interview; as quoted in "Ozzy Osbourne "Says Ex-GUNS N' ROSES Guitarist Buckethead Auditioned For His Solo Band" http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/ozzy-osbourne-says-ex-guns-n-roses-guitarist-buckethead-auditioned-for-his-solo-band/, Blabbermouth.net, January 5, 2005