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.
EPICURUSBe 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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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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If you shape your life according to nature, you will never be poor; if according to people’s opinions, you will never be rich.
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Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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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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Don’t fear the gods, Don’t worry about death; What is good is easy to get, and What is terrible is easy to endure.
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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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Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.
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To eat and drink without a friend is to devour like the lion and the wolf.
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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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He who least needs tomorrow, will most gladly greet tomorrow.
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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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It is not so much our friends’ help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us.
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Contented poverty is an honorable estate.
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