Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.
EPICURUSWe should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink…
More Epicurus Quotes
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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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To eat and drink without a friend is to devour like the lion and the wolf.
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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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It is not so much our friends’ help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us.
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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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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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Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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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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Vain is the word of that philosopher which does not heal any suffering of man.
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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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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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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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The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.
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