Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.
EPICURUSEmpty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering.
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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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Contented poverty is an honorable estate.
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He who least needs tomorrow, will most gladly greet tomorrow.
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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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Death, therefore, the most awful of evils, is nothing to us, seeing that, when we are, death is not come, and, when death is come, we are not.
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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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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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It is not so much our friends’ help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us.
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Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.
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The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.
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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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The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.
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The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.
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All friendship is desirable in itself, though it starts from the need of help.
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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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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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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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Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.
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Vain is the word of that philosopher which does not heal any suffering of man.
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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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Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.
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The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.
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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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He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.
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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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If you shape your life according to nature, you will never be poor; if according to people’s opinions, you will never be rich.
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