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"You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain."
by isopod 11y ago
"You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain."
- MichaelGG 11y agoIsn't that a useless tautology? Like "if nothing else kills you, you die of cancer".
- cactusface 11y agohero/villain claim: So it's a tautology if you interpret it like this: You are currently A. You will die. If you don't die as A, you will die as !A. But it's not a tautology because there's an intermediate state between hero and villain that is neither A nor !A. cancer claim: Again, it sounds like a tautology, but you aren't considering statistics. Sure, if nothing else kills you, you die of exploding fingernails. But the intent of that expression is to say that cancer is the default, it's not a bullet you can dodge forever. I'm not sure I agree, because "old age" != "cancer", but that's what it means. Or was your question purely rhetorical? I tried...
- r00fus 11y agoQuite egotistic phrase, IMHO. It's most likely you simply become irrelevant or are forgotten like almost everyone else.