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7495 | Apart from the fear, dying is an easy duty |
Full Idea: If our fears did not lend it weight, dying would be one of our lighter duties. | |||
From: Michel de Montaigne (III.12 On physiognomy [1580], p.1191) | |||
A reaction: An Epicurean thought. 'Duties' is nice - presumably death qualifies as a duty, because Nature requires it of us (we each of us 'owe nature a death'). The remark appears to me to be true. |