There is nothing to fear from gods, There is nothing to feel in death, Good can be attained, Evil can be endured


Epicurus

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DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA
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DENNIS BARTON
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GARY F EVANS...
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Truth metastasized into lurid fantasy.
F. MULDER
Any lack of joy in the world is the result of disobedience.
CAROLYN SHIELDS
There is life beyond death...never fear what can be escaped.
J.K. ROWLING
There is nothing good or evil save in the will.
EPICETUS
There is nothing good or evil save in the will.
CHARLES DICKENS
There is nothing good or evil save in the will.
EPICTETUS
There is nothing to fear
From your reflection
RICHARD L. RATLIFF
There is nothing real about film. Nothing. Even the light particles that project the film can't ...
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There is nothing that makes us feel so good as the idea that someone else is an evil-doer
ROBERT LYND
There is nothing that makes us feel so good as the idea that someone else is an evil-doer.
ROBERT STAUGHTON LYND
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CONFUCIUS
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J.K. ROWLING
Hiding in all the thorns, there is a yellow rose.
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The fact is there is nothing that you can trust; and that is a terrible fact, whether you like it or...
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTI
To do nothing evil is good; to wish nothing evil is better.
CLAUDIUS
There is nothing in my work that can be taken as blasphemy.
OLEG KULIK
There is nothing to fear but fear itself.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
Face every challenge and task firmly and boldly. You may be tested many times through your journey t...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA
...the safest course is to do nothing against one's conscience. With this secret, we can enjoy life ...
VOLTAIRE
The safest course is to do nothing against one's conscience. With this secret, we can enjoy life and...
VOLTAIRE
World peace can be achieved only if there is nothing left to conquer
BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA
It started somewhere from there.
DEYTH BANGER
A society that believes in nothing can offer no argument even against death. A culture that has lost...
ANDREW COYNE
And what would they be scared of? There's nothing to fear in a perfect world, is there?
CATHERINE FISHER
There is nothing to fear. Nothing to worry about. Grieve nothing in this transitory world," he says ...
TAHEREH MAFI
There is nothing to fear except fear it's self.
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
There can be no Good Will. Will is always Evil; it is persecution to others or selfishness.
WILLIAM BLAKE
One factor which deprives one of success is fear, fear of failure, Remember there is nothing to fear...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA
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LENA HORNE
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LENA HORNE
In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Death in itself is nothing; but we fear to be we know not what, we know not where.
JOHN DRYDEN
Fear nothing but what thy industry may prevent; be confident of nothing but what fortune cannot de...
FRANCIS QUARLES
Fear nothing but what thy industry may prevent; be confident of nothing but what fortune cannot defe...
FRANCIS QUARLES
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ALEXANDER DOWNER
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GERARD DE NERVAL
But in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
...but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
There's nothing cool about turning against God. There's nothing fun or cute or right about compromis...
CRAIG GROESCHEL
When a person denies his conscience for too long, it can become seared. That person becomes suscepti...
HENRY HON
Life is meant to be enjoyed, not just endured.
GORDON B. HINCKLEY
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MARK TWAIN
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MARK TWAIN
No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death. He and his are not neglected by the...
SOCRATES
Be yourself, be who you can be.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA
To be, or not to be, that is the question.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
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J.K. ROWLING
There is nothing too absurd but what authority can be found for it
HENRY MANISTRY
Nothing can be created from nothing.
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If a problem can be solved, there is nothing to worry about. If it can't be solved, well you can alw...
PABLO VALLE
I don't want to talk about those things. I see the worst in people. I don't need to look past seeing...
PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON
Wherever you are, be all there.
CRAIG GROESCHEL
There is nothing more that can be done. Everything we do is now available to licensees as well.
HORACIO GUTIERREZ
There can be no security where there is fear.
FELIX FRANKFURTER
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MATSUO BASHO
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MATSUO BASHO
There's nothing good on the news. You're not telling me CNN is all cats in trees, are you? N...
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TAHEREH MAFI
The dreamer can never be separated from his dreaming adventures,because there is nothing that will m...
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There is nothing worth having that can be obtained by nuclear war - nothing material or ideological ...
GEORGE WALD
We are what we are. Nothing more, nothing less. There is good and evil among every kind of people. I...
ANNE BISHOP
Until economic freedom is attained for everybody, there can be no real freedom for anybody.
SUZANNE LA FOLLETTE
Where you come from is gone, where you thought you were going to was never there, and where you are ...
FLANNERY O'CONNOR
A good discourse is that from which nothing can be retrenched without cutting into the quick.
SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES
There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it.
BUDDHA
There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it.
BUDDHA
There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it.
GAUTAMA BUDDHA
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CHANDRA WEST
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ANGIE KARAN
There is simply nothing of comparable value to life.
SUNDAY ADELAJA
What do you mean less than nothing? I don't think there is any such thing as less than nothing. Noth...
E.B. WHITE
There is nothing to lose in life. Be courageous!
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA
To be or not to be. That's not really a question.
JEAN-LUC GODARD
My eyes hurt... but there is something more... I can't stop listening to horror.... now I am going t...
DEYTH BANGER
There is a state of perfect peace with God which can be attained under imperfect obedience.
JOHN OWEN
Only humans think death is evil. But it is nature. Evil exist's only in life. There is much good and...
ISOBELLE CARMODY
Is most tolerable, and not to be endured. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act iii. Sc. 3.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
If physical death is the price that I must pay to free my white brothers and sisters from a permanen...
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If physical death is the price that I must pay to free my white brothers and sisters from a permanen...
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Finally there is nothing here for death to take away.
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Man must be in space - that is what we are destined for. There is nothing else that we can do.
MAJEL BARRETT
When there is nothing to fear is the time to begin fearing everything.
JOSE BERGAMIN
The evil in the world must not make me doubt the existence of God. There could be no evil if there w...
FULTON J. SHEEN
Our life is a series of moments. Let them all go. Moments. All gathering towards this one.
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We humans are here because nothing can be perfect. There always have to be some living things that a...
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Know one knows whether death, which people fear to be the greatest evil, may not be the greatest goo...
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