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title: "25 Die Better Quotes by 22 authors"
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> [“Things wither and die before us so that we may better savor that we live.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-benson/things-wither-and-die-before-us-so-that-we-may-better-savor-that-we/)

[Ann Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-benson/)

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> [I mean it, I would rather die. It's better to die than live like you...a bitchy trampoline.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rose-tyler/i-mean-it-i-would-rather-die-it-s-better-to-die-than-live-like-you-a/)

[Rose Tyler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rose-tyler/)

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> [“A better thing to die for is always a better thing to live for." - Avil”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/avil-chitukane/a-better-thing-to-die-for-is-always-a-better-thing-to-live-for-avil/)

[Avil Chitukane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/avil-chitukane/)

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> [If they would rather die, . . . they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/if-they-would-rather-die-they-had-better-do-it-and-decrease-the/)

[Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/)

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> [Madness. I did not get myself born to die. I have better things to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tanith-lee/madness-i-did-not-get-myself-born-to-die-i-have-better-things-to-do/)

[Tanith Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tanith-lee/)

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> [In this land some of us fuck more than we die but most of us die better than we fuck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/in-this-land-some-of-us-fuck-more-than-we-die-but-most-of-us-die/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Once to die is better than length of days in sorrow without end.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aeschylus/once-to-die-is-better-than-length-of-days-in-sorrow-without-end/)

[Aeschylus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aeschylus/)

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> [In his land some of us fuck more than we die but most of us die better than we fuck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dee/in-his-land-some-of-us-fuck-more-than-we-die-but-most-of-us-die/)

[Dee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dee/)

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> [“We're married. I will protect you. I will die for you. Better than that. I will live for you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-connealy/we-re-married-i-will-protect-you-i-will-die-for-you-better-than-that/)

[Mary Connealy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-connealy/)

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> [“And how can man die better than by facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/and-how-can-man-die-better-than-by-facing-fearful-odds-for-the-ashes/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [I don't know what's waiting for us when we die--something better, something worse. I only know I'm not ready to find out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-de-lint/i-don-t-know-what-s-waiting-for-us-when-we-die-something-better/)

[Charles de Lint](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-de-lint/)

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> [ “If you have to die \[...\] better to go down fighting. Better to die in company. Better not be the last, and… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-bear/if-you-have-to-die-better-to-go-down-fighting-better-to-die-in/)

[Elizabeth Bear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-bear/)

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> [By definition, you have to live until you die. Better to make that life as complete and enjoyable an experience as possible,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irvine-welsh/by-definition-you-have-to-live-until-you-die-better-to-make-that-life/)

[Irvine Welsh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irvine-welsh/)

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> [To mess around with Ebola is an easy way to die. Better to work with something safer, such as anthrax.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-preston/to-mess-around-with-ebola-is-an-easy-way-to-die-better-to-work-with/)

[Richard Preston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-preston/)

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> [Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the Gate: 'To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/then-out-spake-brave-horatius-the-captain-of-the-gate-to-every-man/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“We must be content to grow slowly. Most of us will still barely be at the beginning of our recovery by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-tugwell/we-must-be-content-to-grow-slowly-most-of-us-will-still-barely-be-at/)

[Simon Tugwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-tugwell/)

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> [I am now the most miserable man living. If what I feel equally distributed to the whole human family, there would not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/i-am-now-the-most-miserable-man-living-if-what-i-feel-equally/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [... it is better to study how to live rather than how to die; ... it is better to have a religion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltairine-de-cleyre/it-is-better-to-study-how-to-live-rather-than-how-to-die-it-is-better/)

[Voltairine de Cleyre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/voltairine-de-cleyre/)

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> [Your father has to die, better he dies in your arms.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/your-father-has-to-die-better-he-dies-in-your-arms/)

[Richard Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-ford/)

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> [“To remain as I am is impossible; I must die or be better, it appears to me.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/to-remain-as-i-am-is-impossible-i-must-die-or-be-better-it-appears-to/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [I live to die; better that than to live a lie.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vince-staples/i-live-to-die-better-that-than-to-live-a-lie/)

[Vince Staples](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vince-staples/)

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> [“At times, we need to let our choices die, for us to get a better direction in life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sunday-adelaja/at-times-we-need-to-let-our-choices-die-for-us-to-get-a-better/)

[Sunday Adelaja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sunday-adelaja/)

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> [We all must die. There is no better way to do so than in the pursuit of something you love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/we-all-must-die-there-is-no-better-way-to-do-so-than-in-the-pursuit/)

[Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/)

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> [A chap can't pick the way he'll die, or we'd all do better at it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-towner-williams/a-chap-can-t-pick-the-way-he-ll-die-or-we-d-all-do-better-at-it/)

[John Towner Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-towner-williams/)

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> [“Suffer, die, or get better; but whatever you do, live while you are alive.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-jacques-rousseau/suffer-die-or-get-better-but-whatever-you-do-live-while-you-are-alive/)

[Jean-Jacques Rousseau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-jacques-rousseau/)

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