Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 118.
“We are all resigned to death: it's life we aren't resigned to.”
Source: The Heart of the Matter
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English writer, playwright and literary critic 1904–1991Related quotes

late note of Berthe Morisot, c. 1892-1895; as cited in Berthe Morisot, Jean-Dominique Rey; translation in English, Flammarion, S.A. (ISBN: 978-2-08-020345-8), Paris, 2016, p. 133
1881 - 1895

“If I can't joke about imminent death, then I might as well just resign.”
Source: The Search for the Red Dragon

“This is the type of negative freedom and resignation that often engulfs the life of the oppressed.”
1950s, Three Ways of Meeting Oppression (1958)
Context: There is such a thing as the freedom of exhaustion. Some people are so worn down by the yoke of oppression that they give up. A few years ago in the slum areas of Atlanta, a Negro guitarist used to sing almost daily: "Been down so long that down don't bother me." This is the type of negative freedom and resignation that often engulfs the life of the oppressed.

Letter to Elias Shipman and others of New Haven (12 July 1801). Often misquoted as, "few die and none resign".
1800s, First Presidential Administration (1801–1805)

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 512.