Neither fear your death's day nor long for it.

Summum nec metuas diem nec optes.

Martial

Epigrams

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Topic

Fear of death Death

Author

Martial

Source

Epigrams

Medium

Epigram

Language

Latin

Time

103 100s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

Spain Europe Roman Empire

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Original Citation

Martial. Epigrammata [Epigrams]. c. 102 AD, bk. 10, no. 47.

Current Citation

Martial. Epigrams, translated by Gideon Nisbet. Oxford University Press, 2015, bk. 10, no. 47.

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Another quote about Death

It's not pining, it's passed on. This parrot is no more. It has ceased to be. It's expired and gone to meet its maker. This is a late parrot. It's a stiff. Bereft of life, it rests in peace. If you hadn't nailed it to the perch, it would be pushing up the daisies. It's rung down the curtain and joined the choir invisible. This is an ex-parrot.

John Cleese

Monty Python's Flying Circus

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Topic
Death
Speaker
Mr Praline
Actor
John Cleese
Source
Full Frontal Nudity Monty Python's Flying Circus
Medium
TV show
Genre
Comedy (TV)
Language
English
Time
1969 1960s 20th century
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"Full Frontal Nudity." Monty Python's Flying Circus, written by Graham Chapman and John Cleese and Eric Idle, directed by Ian MacNaughton, season 1, episode 8, BBC, 1969.

Another quote from Classical antiquity

It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

Jesus

Matthew 19:24

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Topic
Downsides of wealth Wealth Kingdom of God
Speaker
Jesus
Source
Gospel of Matthew The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
Greek
Time
60 60s 1st century
Era
Classical antiquity
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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Matthew 19:24).

Another quote originally in Latin

I will devote myself sincerely and without reservation to the general demolition of my opinions.

René Descartes

Meditations on First Philosophy

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Questioning one's beliefs

Author

René Descartes
Source
Meditations on First Philosophy
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
Latin
Time
1641 1640s 17th century
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Original Citation

Descartes, René. Meditationes de Prima Philosophia, in qua Dei existentia et animæ immortalitas demonstratur [Meditations on First Philosophy, in which the existence of God and the immortality of the soul are demonstrated]. Paris, 1641, first meditation.

Current Citation

Descarte, René. "Meditations on First Philosophy." Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy, translated by Donald A. Cress. Hackett Publishing, 1999, first meditation.