I was not, I was, I am not, I care not.
EPICURUSNothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
More Epicurus Quotes
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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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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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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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Justice is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.
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He who is not satisfied with a little is satisfied with nothing.
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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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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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Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.
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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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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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Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.
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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 fool’s life is empty of gratitude and full of fears; its course lies wholly toward the future.
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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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