Diogenes Laërtius - Death Quotes

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Thales said there was no difference between life and death. "Why, then," said some one to him, "do not you die?" "Because," said he, "it does make no difference."

Diogenes Laërtius

Anarcharsis, on learning that the sides of a ship were four fingers thick, said that "the passengers were just that distance from death."

Diogenes Laërtius

Euripides says,—
Who knows but that this life is really death,
And whether death is not what men call life?

Diogenes Laërtius