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«Man is mortal. Everyone has to die some day or the other. But one must resolve to lay down one's life in enriching the noble ideals of self-respect and in bettering one's human life. We are not slaves. Nothing is more disgraceful for a brave man than to live life devoid of self-respect.»
«There is not a person alive who isn't going to have some awfully bad days in their lives. I tell my players that what I mean by fighting is when your house burns down, and your wife runs off with the drummer, and you've lost your job and all the odds are against you. What are you going to do? Most people just lay down and quit. Well, I want my people to fight back.»
«No tendency is quite so strong in human nature as the desire to lay down rules of conduct for other people.»
«That a man be willing, when others are so too, as far forth as for peace and defence of himself he shall think it necessary, to lay down this right to all things; and be contented with so much liberty against other men, as he would allow other men against himself.»
Author: Thomas Hood (Humorist, Poet) | Keywords: defence, lay down
«Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, LORD; for thy servant heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in his place.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: Eli, lay down
«Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel, / And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.»
«Peter said unto him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thy sake.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: lay down
«The fire of hatred that was burning in them was cooled; and darkness gave place to the dawn of wisdom. The sky showered raindrops to soften the earth and lay down dust. How can the lament operate against the Divine Will?»
«No one is born and allowed to live for the sake of another. Each has his own burden to carry and lay down.»
«The lion and the calf will lay down together, but the calf won't get much sleep.»

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