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.
EPICURUSHe who least needs tomorrow, will most gladly greet tomorrow.
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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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It is not so much our friends’ help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us.
EPICURUSIt is not so much our friends’ help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help 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.
EPICURUSDon’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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If you wish to make Pythocles rich, do not add to his store of money, but subtract from his desires.
EPICURUSIf you wish to make Pythocles rich, do not add to his store of money, but subtract from his desires.
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Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
EPICURUSNothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.
EPICURUSThe most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.
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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.
EPICURUSDeath is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.
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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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Never say that I have taken it, only that I have given it back.
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The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.
EPICURUSThe greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.
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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.
EPICURUSFoolish 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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Freedom is the greatest fruit of self-sufficiency.
EPICURUSFreedom is the greatest fruit of self-sufficiency.
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Of all the means to insure happiness throughout the whole life, by far the most important is the acquisition of friends.
EPICURUSOf all the means to insure happiness throughout the whole life, by far the most important is the acquisition of friends.
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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.
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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It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.
EPICURUSIt is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.
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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.
EPICURUSIt 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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