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Death Quotes by Epicurus
- Death, the most dreaded of evils, is therefore of no concern to us; for while we exist death is not present, and when death is…
- Where I am death is not, where death is I am not.
- Death is meaningless to the living because they are living, and meaningless to the dead… because they are dead.
- When we exist, death is not yet present, and when death is present, then we do not exist.
- What men fear is not that death is annihilation but that it is not.
- Men are so thoughtless, nay, so mad, that some, through fear of death, force themselves to die.
- Whatsoever causes no annoyance when it is present, causes only a groundless pain in the expectation. Death, therefore, the most awful of evils, is nothing…
- There is nothing terrible in life for the man who realizes there is nothing terrible in death.
- There is nothing to fear from gods, There is nothing to feel in death, Good can be attained, Evil can be endured.
- Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.
- The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.
- It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls.
- Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.
- Don't fear god, Don't worry about death; What is good is easy to get, and What is terrible is easy to endure
- So death, the most terrifying of ills, is nothing to us, since so long as we exist, death is not with us; but when death…
- Why should I fear death? If I am, death is not. If death is, I am not. Why should I fear that which can only…
- Accustom yourself to believe that death is nothing to us, for good and evil imply awareness, and death is the privation of all awareness; therefore…
- Those who tell the young man to live well and the old man to die well is nothing but a fool, not only for what…
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