2006-09-30 09:07:49 · 2 answers · asked by Karen M 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
The actual quote is, "Cowards die many times before their deaths. The valiant never taste of death but once." from the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare.
2006-09-30 09:22:31 · answer #1 · answered by Bookwoman 2 · 5⤊ 0⤋
the quote is"coward dies a thousand deaths, the brave die but once."it is a quote by Julius Caesar in the play Julius Caesar .it was spoken by him in the play just before his death scene when he was at his home and his wife calpurnia tried to stop him from going to the capitol as she had a bad dream which indicated his death
2006-09-30 17:53:50 · answer #2 · answered by deeksha thakur 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It's also quoted in Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms, the reply to which is "...the brave dies perhaps two thousand deaths if he's intelligent. He simply doesn't mention them.'"
2006-10-02 02:36:05 · answer #3 · answered by ubernothing@verizon.net 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Shakespeare
2016-09-23 21:16:34 · answer #4 · answered by john.byrne 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it was the last thing said by a brave person and he said it to a coward who was running away to stay alive. It was the coward who wrote down the quote for the tombstone of the brave one.
2006-09-30 09:10:39 · answer #5 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 0⤊ 6⤋
I'll tell you what, it is better to be a very old, alive and kicking coward than a young, dead, brave man.
2006-09-30 10:12:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 11⤋