1. Life is also what I want, and righteousness is also what I want. You can't have both, and those who give up life and take righteousness are also. If people do not enjoy more than life, then what can be used to find the means to survive, which can not be used? I also hate death, which is worse than the dead, so I can't avoid it.

from Mencius.

2. Life is precious, but love is more expensive. If you are free, you can throw both. From the Hungarian poet petofi.