“The road to Hades is easy to travel; at any rate men pass away with their eyes shut.”
Bion of Borysthenes (-325–-246 BC) ancient greek philosopher
As quoted by Diogenes Laërtius, iv. 49.
“The road to Hades is the easiest to travel.”
Bion, 49.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 4: The Academy
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