Guest x-ly Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 ?"Better to die on your feet than to live on your knees" Does anyone know what that means? Thankyou. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hakiri Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 I've never come across that before, but I could make a guess that maybe it means it's better to die with diginity than to live without? Or to die having done everything yourself, rather than living off other people (like when people beg on their knees..) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lvff_ Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 preserve your dignity, i guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kanyewong Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Maybe like die a free man, then live at your knees like as in someone's servant or slave. Give me liberty or give me death? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stevent Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 It means it's better to be able to stand on your own two feet supporting yourself financially, than to live as a beggar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Deziel Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 I guess its better to die with your dignity than to beg for your life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FEMBOT Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Yes, as all have said above. There's a song called watch me rise by have heart that explains it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest xstrawberry_bearx Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 ^ Yeah I agree. Something like to die with dignity knowing you stand up for yourself, that you live your life on your own, your way. Rather than begging and following others, being told how told how to live your life. I think ~ Something like that right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Miss.Understood Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 Die with dignity or live without it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ninyaah Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 I agree with the others. To die with dignity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SillyyJenn Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 i guess it means to die with dignity? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imtoghai Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 Maybe it means it's better to live life independently, being and creating your own person, thinking for yourself, than living life trying to be like another person and depending on them to bring you up to your feet? o_o But I'm trying to figure out why the person says to DIE on your feet/LIVE on your knees, instead of DIE on your feet/DIE on your knees...or LIVE on your feet/LIVE on your knees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MarineGreen Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 "Better to die on your feet than to live on your knees" Does anyone know what that means? Thankyou. I believe Emiliano Zapata said those words back in the day when he was chilling with Pancho Villa and fighting against the federales. It was basically a rallying call for the Mexican Revolution and he probably said it when he began to form the Liberation Army of The South. Given the fact that Zapata was influenced greatly by an Anarchist Communist in Oaxaca, i believe it is a challenge to the people to forget about prayer and asking God for help but to take up arms get off their knees and onto their feet and fight for their rights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lea11 Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 Or if you want to take it literally, if your legs got cut off halfway, you'd rather die because now you can't walk anymore hahahaha/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest konfooshiz Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 Honestly, easier said than done. 'nuff said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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