The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.
EPICURUSIt is better for you to be free of fear lying upon a pallet, than to have a golden couch and a rich table and be full of trouble.
More Epicurus Quotes
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The wealth required by nature is limited and is easy to procure; but the wealth required by vain ideals extends to infinity.
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Empty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering.
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If the gods listened to the prayers of men, all humankind would quickly perish since they constantly pray for many evils to befall one another.
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Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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If you wish to make Pythocles rich, do not add to his store of money, but subtract from his desires.
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When you die, your mind will be gone even faster than your body.
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We must exercise ourselves in the things which bring happiness, since, if that be present, we have everything, and, if that be absent, all our actions are directed toward attaining it.
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Don’t fear the gods, Don’t worry about death; What is good is easy to get, and What is terrible is easy to endure.
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Death is nothing to us, because a body that has been dispersed into elements experiences no sensations, and the absence of sensation is nothing to us.
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Foolish is the man who says that he fears death, not because it will cause pain when it arrives but because anticipation of it is painful.
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You don’t develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.
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Justice is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.
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I never desired to please the rabble. What pleased them, I did not learn; and what I knew was far removed from their understanding.
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Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.
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Of all the means to insure happiness throughout the whole life, by far the most important is the acquisition of friends.
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