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Epicurus Quotes about Death

The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.

Epicurus (1964). “Letters: Principles Doctrines, and Vatican Sayings Translated, with an Introd. and Notes, by Russel M. Geor. Indianapolis Merrill”

Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.

"Wisdom's folly No.18" by Julian Baggini, www.theguardian.com. February 9, 2005.

It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls.

Epicurus (1964). “Letters: Principles Doctrines, and Vatican Sayings Translated, with an Introd. and Notes, by Russel M. Geor. Indianapolis Merrill”

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 present we no longer exist.

Epicurus (1964). “Letters: Principles Doctrines, and Vatican Sayings Translated, with an Introd. and Notes, by Russel M. Geor. Indianapolis Merrill”