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.
EPICURUSThe time when you should most of all withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd.
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Freedom is the greatest fruit of self-sufficiency.
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All friendship is desirable in itself, though it starts from the need of help.
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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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Empty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering.
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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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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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It 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.
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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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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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Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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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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When you die, your mind will be gone even faster than your body.
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The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.
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Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.
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I have never wished to cater to the crowd; for what I know they do not approve, and what they approve I do not know.
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