The old view that death is terrible is merely fear wearing a... - Diogenes Laërtius

This quote is attributed to Diogenes Laërtius.

"The old view that death is terrible is merely fear wearing a philosophical cloak."

Diogenes Laërtius Death

Historian Biographer Ancient Greece

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