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.
EPICURUSThere is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men.
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Contented poverty is an honorable estate.
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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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The fool’s life is empty of gratitude and full of fears; its course lies wholly toward the future.
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Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.
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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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Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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We must, therefore, pursue the things that make for happiness, seeing that when happiness is present, we have everything; but when it is absent, we do everything to possess it.
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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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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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Vain is the word of that philosopher which does not heal any suffering of man.
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All friendship is desirable in itself, though it starts from the need of help.
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He who is not satisfied with a little is satisfied with nothing.
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He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.
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To eat and drink without a friend is to devour like the lion and the wolf.
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Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.
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