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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
are you sure you got that right? because i've always heard that it's better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.
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General Emiliano Zapata Salazar, leading figure in the Mexican Revolution.
Aliases: - "El Tigre del Sur"- Tiger of the South
- "El Tigre"- The Tiger
- "El Tigrillo"- Little Tiger
- "El Caudillo del Sur"- Caudillo of the South
- "El Atila del Sur"- The Atilla of the South
Es mejor morir a pie que vivir arrodillado (Translation: It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.)
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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