One should die proudly when it is no longer possible to live proudly.
My hour at last has come; Yet not ingloriously or passively I die, but first will do some valiant deed, Of which mankind shall hear in after time.
It is better to die well than to live badly.
If we must die, let it not be like hogs Hunted and penned in an inglorious spot, If we must die, O let us nobly die.
For a courageous man cannot die dishonorably, a man who has attained the consulship cannot die before his time, a philosopher cannot die wretchedly.
A beautiful death is for people who have lived like animals to die like angels.
And die with decency.
May you live as long as you are fit to live, but no longer, or, may you rather die before you cease to be fit to live than after!
It is my hope and my belief that you will be able to report that I died with dignity, without animal fear and without bravado. I owe that much to myself.
