John Oliver Hobbes Quote

To die for one's great ideas is glorious — and easy. The horror is to outlive them. That is our worst capability.


The Ambassador: A Comedy in Four Acts (1898)


To die for one's great ideas is glorious — and easy. The horror is to outlive them. That is our worst capability.

To die for one's great ideas is glorious — and easy. The horror is to outlive them. That is our worst capability.

To die for one's great ideas is glorious — and easy. The horror is to outlive them. That is our worst capability.

To die for one's great ideas is glorious — and easy. The horror is to outlive them. That is our worst capability.