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«Death is not evil, for it frees man from all ills and takes away his desires along with desire's rewards. Old age is the supreme evil, for it deprives man of all pleasures while allowing his appetites to remain, and it brings with it every possible sorrow. Yet men fear death and desire old age.»
«In order to be happy, think of the ills you have been spared»
Author: Joseph Joubert (Essayist) | Keywords: ills
«Hope! of all ills that men endure, the only cheap and universal cure»
Author: Abraham Cowley (Essayist, Poet) | Keywords: ills
«It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls.»
Author: Epicurus | About: Security | Keywords: city wall, ills
«How incessant and great are the ills with which a prolonged old age is replete.»
«Common and vulgar people ascribe all ills that they feel to others; people of little wisdom ascribe to themselves; people of much wisdom, to no one.»
«Dreading that climax of all human ills, / The inflammation of his weekly bills.»
«He who sings frightens away his ills.»
«Learn to see in another's calamity the ills which you should avoid»
Author: Publilius Syrus | Keywords: calamity, ills
«Life is short, but its ills make it seem long»
Author: Publilius Syrus | About: Life | Keywords: ills

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