"It is vain for the coward to flee; death follows close behind; it is only by defying it that the brave escape." ― Voltaire Topic(s): Death Tags: coward More From Voltaire "It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets." "There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times." "God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well." More In Death "Death is a distant rumor to the young."― Andy Rooney "Millions long for immortality who don’t know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon."― Susan Ertz "A revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past."― Fidel Castro