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John Bartlett (1820–1905).  Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.  1919.
 
 
NUMBER:9085
AUTHOR:Diogenes Laërtius (fl. early 3d cent.)
QUOTATION:Thales said there was no difference between life and death. “Why, then,” said some one to him, “do not you die?” “Because,” said he, “it does make no difference.”
ATTRIBUTION:Thales. ix.
BIOGRAPHY:Columbia Encyclopedia.
 

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