The noble man is chiefly concerned with wisdom and friendship; of these, the former is a mortal good, the latter and immortal one.
EPICURUSIf you wish to make Pythocles rich, do not add to his store of money, but subtract from his desires.
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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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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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We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink…
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The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.
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All friendship is desirable in itself, though it starts from the need of help.
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To eat and drink without a friend is to devour like the lion and the wolf.
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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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Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.
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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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I was not, I was, I am not, I care not.
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Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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If a little is not enough for you, nothing is.
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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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The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.
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The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.
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He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.
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Death, therefore, the most awful of evils, is nothing to us, seeing that, when we are, death is not come, and, when death is come, we are not.
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Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.
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I never desired to please the rabble. What pleased them, I did not learn; and what I knew was far removed from their understanding.
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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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The fool’s life is empty of gratitude and full of fears; its course lies wholly toward the future.
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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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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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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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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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Empty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering.
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