Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.
EPICURUSMisfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life.
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The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.
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He who is not satisfied with a little is satisfied with nothing.
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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 greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.
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Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.
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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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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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Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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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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Contented poverty is an honorable estate.
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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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Let no one delay the study of philosophy while young nor weary of it when old.
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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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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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Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life.
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