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.
EPICURUSIf a little is not enough for you, nothing is.
More Epicurus Quotes
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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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Vain is the word of that philosopher which does not heal any suffering of man.
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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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Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.
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The time when you should most of all withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd.
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Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.
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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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Contented poverty is an honorable estate.
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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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All friendship is desirable in itself, though it starts from the need of help.
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Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.
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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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Never say that I have taken it, only that I have given it back.
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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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If a little is not enough for you, nothing is.
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