Death therefore is nothing to us nor does it concern us a scrap, seeing that the nature of the spirit we possess is something mortal.

Nil igitur mors est ad nos neque pertinet hilum, quandoquidem natura animi mortalis habetur.

Lucretius Carus

De Rerum Natura

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Materialism (philosophy) The soul Death

Author

Lucretius Carus

Source

De Rerum Natura

Medium

Poem

Genre

Philosophical literature Didactic poem

Language

Latin

Time

55 BC 50s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Poet Writer

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Original Citation

Carus, Titus Lucretius. De Rerum Natura [On the Nature of Things]. c. 55 BC, bk. 3, l. 830.

Current Citation

Carus, Titus Lucretius. The Nature of Things, translated by Alicia Stallings. Penguin Classics, 2007, bk. 3, l. 830.

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Another quote about Death

But this long run is a misleading guide to current affairs. In the long run we are all dead.

John Maynard Keynes

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Topic
The future The long run Economic theory Economics Death

Author

John Maynard Keynes
Source
A Tract on Monetary Reform
Genre
Economic literature
Language
English
Time
1924 1920s 20th century
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Original Citation

Keynes, John Maynard. A Tract on Monetary Reform. MacMillan and Co., 1924, p. 80.

Current Citation

Keynes, John Maynard. "A Tract on Monetary Reform (1923)." The Essential Keynes, edited by Robert Skidelsky. Penguin, 2016.

Another quote from Classical antiquity

It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.

Jesus

Mark 2:17

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Repentance Sinners
Speaker
Jesus
Source
Gospel of Mark The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Language
Greek
Time
60 60s 1st century
Era
Classical antiquity
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Citation

The Holy Bible, New International Version. International Bible Society, 1978. (Mark 2:17).

Another quote originally in Latin

Love conquers all things; let us too surrender to love.

Virgil

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Power of love Love
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Gallus

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Virgil
Source
Eclogues
Medium
Poem
Language
Latin
Time
37 BC 30s BC 1st century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Virgil. Eclogae [Eclogues]. c. 30 BC, no. 10.

Current Citation

Virgil. "The Eclogues." The Eclogues and The Georgics, translated by C. Day Lewis. Oxford University Press, 2009, no. 10.