Quote #2

It is not death therefore that is burdensome, but the fear of death.

Attribution disputed; shown as originally published.

More from Ambrose

  1. Accordingly, death is a harbor of peace for the just, but is believed a shipwreck for the wicked.
  2. It did not please God to save his people through dialectic.
  3. When I am at Rome, I fast on a Saturday; when I am at Milan, I do not. Follow the custom of the church where you are.
  4. Si fueris Romae, Romano vivito more; Si fueris alibi, vivito sicut ibi.
  5. In some causes silence is dangerous; so if any know of conspiracies against their country or king, or any that might greatly prejudice thei…
  6. The emperor is in the Church, not above the Church.

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