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Seneca the Younger on Death

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What new thing then is it for a man to die, whose whole life is nothing else but a journey to death?

Any one may take life from man, but no one death; a thousand gates stand open to it.

To die without fear of death is to be desired.

It is folly to die of the fear of death.

It is uncertain in what place death may await thee; therefore expect it in any place.

It is an extreme evil to depart from the company of the living before you die.

Sometimes death is a punishment; often a gift; it has been a favor to many.

This day, which thou fearest as thy last, is the birthday of eternity.

They will not live, and do not know how to die.

No man can have a peaceful life who thinks too much about lengthening it.

What man can you show me who places any value on his time, who reckons the worth of each day, who understands that he is dying daily?

They are not lost but sent before.

For we are mistaken when we look forward to death; the major portion of death has already passed. Whatever years be behind us are in death's hands.

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