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Afraid of death Quote by Epicurus

“Why are you afraid of death? Where you are, death is not. Where death is, you are not. What is it that you fear.” quote by Epicurus — Download Open image

“Why are you afraid of death? Where you are, death is not. Where death is, you are not. What is it that you fear.”

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