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Classical antiquity2 quotes
To fear death, my friends, is only to think ourselves wise, without being wise: for it is to think that we know what we do not know. — Socrates · 399 BCEither death is a state of nothingness and utter unconsciousness, or, as men say, there is a change and migration of the soul from this world to another. Now if death be of such a nature, I say that to die is to gain; for eternity is then only a single night. — Socrates · 339 BCAge of Enlightenment1 quote
Men blaspheme what they do not know. — Blaise Pascal · 1662Middle Ages1 quote
My course is set for an uncharted sea. — Dante Alighieri · 1321Old Testament Era1 quote
Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring. — Proverbs 27:1 · 686 BC