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The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins.

The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins.

Soren Kierkegaard
Death, Tyrants, Political
Soren Kierkegaard (2015). “Papers and Journals”, p.370, Penguin UK

Listen to the cry of a woman in labor at the hour of giving birth - look at the dying man's struggle at his last extremity, and then tell me whether something that begins and ends thus could be intended for enjoyment.

Soren Kierkegaard
Death, Struggle, Men

Because of its tremendous solemnity death is the light in which great passions, both good and bad, become transparent, no longer limited by outward appearances.

Soren Kierkegaard
Death, Passion, Light
"The Journals of Søren Kierkegaard" edited and translated by Alexander Dru, 1959.

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