It is not so much our friends’ help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us.
EPICURUSThe art of living well and the art of dying well are one.
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Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.
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Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life.
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Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.
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The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.
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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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If you wish to make Pythocles rich, do not add to his store of money, but subtract from his desires.
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He who is not satisfied with a little is satisfied with nothing.
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The fool’s life is empty of gratitude and full of fears; its course lies wholly toward the future.
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Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.
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Empty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering.
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The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.
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It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.
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All friendship is desirable in itself, though it starts from the need of help.
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There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men.
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Let no one delay the study of philosophy while young nor weary of it when old.
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It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls.
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We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink…
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He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.
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The noble man is chiefly concerned with wisdom and friendship; of these, the former is a mortal good, the latter and immortal one.
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Contented poverty is an honorable estate.
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Death is nothing to us. When we exist, death is not; and when death exists, we are not. All sensation and consciousness ends with death and therefore in death there is neither pleasure nor pain. The fear of death arises from the belief that in death, there is awareness.
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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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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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Never say that I have taken it, only that I have given it back.
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