The desire to take medicine is perhaps the greatest feature which distinguishes man from animals. Sir William Osler, In H. Cushing, Life of Sir William Osler (1925)
British (Canadian-born) physician (1849 - 1919) Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold. Helen Keller
US blind & deaf educator (1880 - 1968) To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else. Emily Dickinson
US poet (1830 - 1886) When we conquer without danger our triumph is without glory. Pierre Corneille, Le Cid (1637)
French dramatist (1606 - 1684) Be not so bigoted to any custom as to worship it at the expense of truth. Johann Georg von Zimmermann As soon as there is life there is danger. Ralph Waldo Emerson, Society and Solitude (1870)
US essayist & poet (1803 - 1882) When you have told anyone you have left him a legacy the only decent thing to do is to die at once. Samuel Butler, In Festing Jones, Samuel Butler : A Memoir
English composer, novelist, & satiric author (1835 - 1902) One does not learn how to die by killing others. Vicomte de Chateaubriand, Memoirs (1826-1841)
French author & politician (1768 - 1848) Death hath so many doors to let out life. John Fletcher, The Custom of the Country (1647)
English dramatist (1579 - 1625) Grieve not that I die young. Is it not well To pass away ere life hath lost its brightness? Lady Flora Hastings, “Swan Song” | 
