He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.
EPICURUSDeath 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.
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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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The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.
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To eat and drink without a friend is to devour like the lion and the wolf.
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Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.
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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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It is not so much our friends’ help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us.
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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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The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.
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When you die, your mind will be gone even faster than your body.
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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 a little is not enough for you, nothing is.
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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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The fool’s life is empty of gratitude and full of fears; its course lies wholly toward the future.
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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, because a body that has been dispersed into elements experiences no sensations, and the absence of sensation is nothing to us.
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