“I would rather die of passion than of boredom.”
Emile Zola book Au Bonheur des Dames
Source: The Ladies' Paradise
“If I am to die, I would rather die fighting on the left.”
Remark to Herbert Samuel, explaining his opposition to Liberal politicians joining the National Government (5 October 1931), quoted in John Campbell, Lloyd George: The Goat in the Wilderness, 1922–1931 (1977), p. 301
Leader of the Independent Liberals
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Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1863–1945Related quotes
“I would rather die of passion than of boredom”
Vincent Van Gogh (1853–1890) Dutch post-Impressionist painter (1853-1890)
Not by van Gogh, but from Emile Zola's novel The Ladies' Paradise (1883)
Misattributed
“I die with a clear conscience, I die fighting, not like a coward.”
Joe Hill (1879–1915) Swedish-American labor activist, songwriter, and member of the Industrial Workers of the World
Said while being taken to his execution, as quoted in Philip Foner, The Case of Joe Hill (International Publishers Co., 1966), p. 108
Miranda July (1974) American performance artist, musician and writer
Source: No One Belongs Here More Than You
“I would rather die standing up to live life on my knees.”
Ernesto Che Guevara (1928–1967) Argentine Marxist revolutionary
“I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees.”
Euripidés (-480–-406 BC) ancient Athenian playwright
“I am going to die. The person who succeeds me also would die. But elections, you won't have.”
Augusto Pinochet (1915–2006) Former dictator of the republic of Chile
Speech (17 June 1975), quoted in "Las frases para el bronce de Pinochet."
1970s
Seneca the Younger book Epistulae morales ad Lucilium
Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter LXVII: On Ill-Health and Endurance of Suffering
