On the record44 BC
As death, therefore, is hanging over our head every hour, how can a man ever be unshaken in soul if he fears it?
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Cicero
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gutenberg.orgAs death, therefore, is hanging over our head every hour, how can a man ever be unshaken in soul if he fears it?
Cicero poses a rhetorical question about the impossibility of inner peace for those who fear the ever-present threat of death.
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