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There is one way, then, in which a man can be free from all anxiety about the fate of his soul - if in life he has abandoned bodily pleasures and ador...more

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Be of good cheer about death, and know this of a truth, that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.

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...a good man cannot be harmed either in life or in death, and that his affairs are not neglected by the gods.

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You are wrong sir, if you think that a man who is any good at all should take into account the risk of life or death; he should look to this only in h...more

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Wealth does not bring about excellence, but excellence makes wealth and everything else good for men, both individually and collectively.

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...[W]hen death comes to a man, the mortal part of him dies, but the immortal part retires at the approach of death and escapes unharmed and indestruc...more