Die young, and I shall accept your death-but not if you have lived without glory, without being useful to your country, without leaving a trace of your existence: for that is not to have lived at all.
Die young, and I shall accept ...
Quotes from the same author
“If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.”
Love is the idler's occupation, the warrior's relaxation, and the sovereign's ruination.
In tragedy great men are more truly great than in history. We see them only in the crises which unfold them.
Let France have good mothers, and she will have good sons.
My success and everything good that I have done, I owe to my mother.
