Anaxagoras said to a man who was grieving because he was dying in a foreign land, "The descent to Hades is the same from every place.
Diogenes LaertiusThales 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.
Diogenes LaertiusArcesilaus had a peculiar habit while conversing of using the expression, "My opinion is," and "So and so will not agree to this.
Diogenes Laertius