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Quote by Brendan Behan
When I came back to Dublin I was courtmartialed in my absence and

When I came back to Dublin I was courtmartialed in my absence and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence. – Brendan Behan

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Its not that the Irish are cynical. Its rather that they have a wonderful lack of respect for everything and everybody. – Brendan Behan

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The big difference between sex for money and sex for free is that sex for money usually costs a lot less. – Brendan Behan

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The Greeks said grandly in their tragic phrase, Let no one be called happy till his death to which I would add, Let no one, till his death, be called unhappy. – Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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The enemy fought with savage fury, and met death with all its horrors, without shrinking or complaining: not one asked to be spared, but fought as long as they could stand or sit. – Davy Crockett

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No one knows whether death is really the greatest blessing a man can have, but they fear it is the greatest curse, as if they knew well. – Plato

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I would rather die a meaningful death than to live a meaningless life. – Corazon Aquino

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