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• “With drugs, I think the sort of person that would die from an overdose is gonna die soon enough anyway, because they’ve got that will to destroy what’s left of their life.”

  Pete Doherty (born 1979) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “...most of the people in a war never fight for even a minute — though they bear for years and die forever. They do not fight, but only starve, only suffer, only die: the sum of all this passive misery is that great activity, War.”

  Randall Jarrell (1914–1965) said by 1965 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Gab mir die Mutter Muth, nicht mag ich ihr doch danken, daß deiner List sie erlag: frühalt, fahl und bleich, hass' ich die Frohen, freue mich nie!”

  Richard Wagner (1813–1883) said by 1883 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “We must all die! All leave ourselves, it matters not where, when, Nor how, so we die well; and can that man that does so Need lamentation for him?”

  John Fletcher (1579–1625) said by 1625 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Having a child changes every aspect of your life — for the better, of course. The sacrifices are large, but what you get in return is even bigger than the sacrifices you make. I feel, in a sense, ready to die because you are living on in your child. Not literally, not ready to die — but you know, that sort of feeling in a profound way.”

  Heath Ledger (1979–2008) first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: November 2007 interview remarks quoted by Susan Chenery, "Who Is That Man?", In Touch Weekly, January 23, 2008.

• “There is a class of person who cannot lead and will not be led. Such persons go their own way, uncorrupted by insight, unmitigated by experience. They do what they do, and usually they die of it, but they would rather die than cooperate with anyone else.”

  Sheri S. Tepper (1929–2016) said by 2016 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “If she was going to die, she would at least die under blue skies”

  J. M. Coetzee (born 1940) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Die Visionäre von gestern sind die Realisten von heute.”

  Helmut Kohl (1930–2017) first seen 1998 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Discussion with his predecessor Helmut Schmidt in 'Die Zeit' (1998)

• “Die deutsche Einheit und die europäische Einigung sind zwei Seiten ein und derselben Medaille.”

  Helmut Kohl (1930–2017) first seen 2002 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: In a speech on the 15th party congress of the CDU, in Frankfurt an Main (June 17, 2002)

• “Whither depart the souls of the brave that die in the battle, Die in the lost, lost fight, for the cause that perishes with them?”

  Arthur Hugh Clough (1819–1861) said by 1861 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Your job is not to die for your country. Your job is to get the other poor sonofabitch to die for his country.”

  Ben Bova (1932–2020) said by 2020 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “[Their] things [works of Die Brücke-artists] must be exhibited. But I think it is incorrect to immortalize them in the document [Almanac] of our modern art (and, this is what our book ought to be) or as a more or less decisive, leading factor. At any rate I am against large reproductions [of Die Brücke paintings in The Blaue Reiter Almanac].”

  Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944) first seen 1910 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Quote from his letter to Franz Marc, 2 Febr. 1912, as cited in 'Lankheit 20'; quoted in Movement, Manifesto, Melee: The Modernist Group, 1910-1914, Milton A. Cohen, Lexington Books, Sep 14, 2004, p. 71

• “People say, "Well, don't plants die? If Adam ate the apple, didn't it die?" Oh, you'd better first check out to see if plants are truly alive. They have no blood, no breath. They wither. They fade.”

  Kent Hovind (born 1953) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Yes, God may let us die, but He knows what He is doing! He will GREATLY reward those willing to die for Him.”

  Kent Hovind (born 1953) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Over seven thousand US veterans die of suicide every year, which is funny... [false laughter]... because you'd think they'd die over there, but they come home! Right? I thought that must be funny, because nobody was taking it that seriously.”

  Maria Bamford (born 1970) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Wer sich nicht mit Politik befaßt, hat die politische Parteinahme, die er sich sparen möchte, bereits vollzogen: er dient der herrschenden Partei.”

  Max Frisch (1911–1991) said by 1991 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Der ewige Friede ist ein Traum, und nicht einmal ein schöner, und der Krieg ist ein Glied in Gottes Weltordnung. In ihm entfalten sich die edelsten Tugenden des Menschen, Mut und Entsagung, Pflichttreue und Opferwilligkeit mit Einsetzung des Lebens. Ohne den Krieg würde die Welt im Materialismus versumpfen.”

  Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (1800–1891) first seen 1880 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Letter to Dr J. K. Bluntschli, 11 December 1880, translated by Mary Herms in Field-Marshall Count Helmuth von Moltke as a Correspondent (1893) p. 272

• “To become solitary and simple in utter aloneness -- living wholly unconcerned about the multitude of worldly affairs, and abandoning and disentangling yourself from all things -- is to die. We are born alone; we die alone.”

  Ippen (1239–1289) said by 1289 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “I am going to die. The person who succeeds me also would die. But elections, you won't have.”

  Augusto Pinochet (1915–2006) first seen 1975 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Speech (17 June 1975), quoted in "Las frases para el bronce de Pinochet.

• “Maybe it was immature to lust after revenge, but fuck that; let the fuckers die horribly. Well, let them die. She’d compromise that far. Evil wins when it makes you behave like it, and all that.”

  Iain Banks (1954–2013) said by 2013 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “For all the chatter that Britain has moved beyond class, recent studies have found that it determines the life chances of British people more today than at any point since the Second World War... A child born into a rich family in Britain will almost certainly live and die rich, while a child born into a poor family will almost certainly live and die poor.”

  Johann Hari (born 1979) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Class still rules in Britain - as the Lib Dems should remember when choosing their leader", The Independent (30 January 2006)

• “America has created the evil that is attacking it. The evil will not disappear even if I die and Osama dies and others die. This is U.S. policy. The U.S. should step back and review its policy. It should stop trying to impose its empire on the rest of the world, especially on Islamic countries.”

  Mohammed Omar (1960–2013) first seen 2001 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Interview by Spozhmai Maiwandi, 23 September 2001

• “The Treaty is already vindicating itself. The English Die-hards said to Mr. Lloyd George and his Cabinet: "You have surrendered". Our own Die-hards said to us: "You have surrendered". There is a simple test. Those who are left in possession of the battlefield have won.”

  Michael Collins (Irish leader) first seen 1968 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: A Path to Freedom (1968 [2010]), p. 23

• “Het zijn zo van die zaken die onlosmakelijk in mijn geest verbonden zijn, met woorden maak ik een beeld en omgekeerd.”

  Jan Theuninck (born 1954) first seen 2004 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: As quoted in Boekgrrls (8 March 2004)

• “Die Pflicht der Kantianer verhält sich zu dem Gebot der Ehre, der Stimme des Berufs und der Gottheit in uns, wie die getrocknete Pflanze zur frischen Blume am lebenden Stamme.”

  Friedrich Schlegel (1772–1829) said by 1829 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Ideas,” Lucinde and the Fragments, P. Firchow, trans. (1991), § 39

• “Was die Menschen unter den andern Bildungen der Erde, das sind die Künstler unter den Menschen.”

  Friedrich Schlegel (1772–1829) first seen 1799 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Selected Ideas (1799-1800)”, Dialogue on Poetry and Literary Aphorisms, Ernst Behler and Roman Struc, trans. (Pennsylvania University Press:1968) # 43

• “Dem Bunde der Künstler einen bestimmten Zweck geben, das heisst ein dürftiges Institut an die Stelle des ewigen Vereins setzen; das heisst die Gemeinde der Heiligen zum Staat erniedrigen.”

  Friedrich Schlegel (1772–1829) said by 1829 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Ideas,” Lucinde and the Fragments, P. Firchow, trans. (1991), § 49

• “Grade die Individualität ist das Ursprüngliche und Ewige im Menschen; an der Personalität ist so viel nicht gelegen. Die Bildung und Entwicklung dieser Individualität als höchsten Beruf zu treiben, wäre ein göttlicher Egoismus.”

  Friedrich Schlegel (1772–1829) first seen 1799 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Selected Ideas (1799-1800)”, Dialogue on Poetry and Literary Aphorisms, Ernst Behler and Roman Struc, trans. (Pennsylvania University Press:1968) # 60

• “Wie die Senatoren der Römer sind die wahren Künstler ein Volk von Königen.”

  Friedrich Schlegel (1772–1829) said by 1829 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Ideas,” Lucinde and the Fragments, P. Firchow, trans. (1991), § 114

• “We do not die. Each human being is alone in the world. It seems absurd, contradictory to say this, and yet it is so. But there are many human beings like me. No, we cannot say that. In saying that, we set ourselves outside the truth in a kind of abstraction. All we can say is: I am alone. And that is why we do not die.”

  Henri Barbusse (1873–1935) said by 1935 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Hazzen unde nîden daz muoz der biderbe lîden. der man der werdet al die vrist, die wîle und er geniten ist.”

  Gottfried von Strassburg (1180–1215) said by 1215 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Die Irreligiösen sind religiöser als sie selbst wissen, und die Religiösen sind's weniger, als sie meinen.”

  Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872) first seen 1857 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Aphorism (1857), in Studien zur Philosophie und Religion. Historische und politische Studien. Hamburg: Tredition, 2011, p. 32. .

• “Die jetzigen Menschen sind zum tadeln geboren. Vom ganzen Achilles sehen sie nur die Ferse.”

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830–1916) said by 1916 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Nicht jene, die streiten, sind zu fürchten, sondern jene, die ausweichen.”

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830–1916) said by 1916 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Nichts ist weniger verheißend als Frühreife; die junge Distel sieht einem zukünftigen Baume viel ähnlicher als die junge Eiche.”

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830–1916) said by 1916 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Es gibt Menschen mit leuchtendem und Menschen mit glänzendem Verstande. Die ersten erhellen ihre Umgebung, die zweiten verdunkeln sie.”

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830–1916) said by 1916 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “In das Gute glauben nur die Wenigen, die es üben.”

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830–1916) said by 1916 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Verwöhnte Kinder sind die unglücklichsten; sie lernen schon in jungen Jahren die Leiden der Tyrannen kennen.”

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830–1916) said by 1916 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Wer die materiellen Genüsse des Lebens seinen idealen Gütern vorzieht, gleicht dem Besitzer eines Palastes, der sich in den Gesindestuben einrichtet und die Prachtsäle leer stehen lässt.”

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830–1916) said by 1916 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Dilettanten haben nicht einmal in einer sekundären Kunst etwas Bleibendes geleistet, sich aber verdient gemacht um die höchste aller Wissenschaften, die Philosophie. Den Beweis dafür liefern: Montaigne, La Rochefoucauld, Vauvenargues.”

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830–1916) said by 1916 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Die größte Gleichmacherin ist die Höflichkeit, durch sie werden alle Standesunterschiede aufgehoben.”

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830–1916) said by 1916 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Vorurteil stützt die Throne, Unwissenheit die Altäre.”

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830–1916) said by 1916 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Dass soviel Ungezogenheit gut durch die Welt kommt, daran ist die Wohlerzogenheit schuld.”

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830–1916) said by 1916 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Immer wird die Gleichgültigkeit und die Menschenverachtung dem Mitgefühl und der Menschenliebe gegenüber einen Schein von geistiger Ueberlegenheit annehmen können.”

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830–1916) said by 1916 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Man's need for art is absolutely primordial, as strong as, and perhaps stronger than, our need for bread. Without bread, we die of hunger, but without art we die of boredom.”

  Jean Dubuffet (1901–1985) said by 1985 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: As quoted in Jean Dubuffet, Works, writings Interviews, ed. Valerie da Costa and Fabrice Hergott; Ediciones Polígrafa, Barcelona 2006, p. 14

• “Die Zukunft wird nicht gemeistert von denen, die am Vergangenen kleben.”

  Willy Brandt (1913–1992) first seen 1971 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Speech at the extraordinary convention of the Social Democratic Party of Germany on 18 November 1971, book source: "Reden und Interviews: Herbst 1971 bis Frühjahr 1973", Hoffmann und Campe, 1973, p. 25.

• “Jassir Arafats Streben war zeit seines Lebens darauf gerichtet, die Palästinenser in die Unabhängigkeit zu führen und einen souveränen, lebensfähigen palästinensischen Staat zu errichten.”

  Gerhard Schröder (born 1944) first seen 2004 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: letter of condolence to the then prime minister of the Palestinian National Authority Ahmed Qurei, 11 November 2004, quoted on zeit.de

• “Kann es eine entmythologisierende Interpretation geben, die die Wahrheit des Kerygmas als Kerygmas für den nicht mythologisch denkenden Menschen aufdeckt?”

  Rudolf Bultmann (1884–1976) said by 1976 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Es ist das höchste Glück des Menschen, anzubeten, oder, milder gesagt, andre Menschen über sich anzuerkennen, die er liebt und die ihn lieben.”

  Paul de Lagarde (1827–1891) said by 1891 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Paul de Lagarde: Erinnerungen aus seinem Leben für die Freunde zusammengestellt (1894), S. 40

• “Saints do not die. It is their lot, To die while on this earth to all that God is not.”

  Angelus Silesius (1624–1677) said by 1677 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

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