Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.
EPICURUSWe 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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The noble man is chiefly concerned with wisdom and friendship; of these, the former is a mortal good, the latter and immortal one.
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He who least needs tomorrow, will most gladly greet tomorrow.
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Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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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.
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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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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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If a little is not enough for you, nothing is.
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Justice is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.
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The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.
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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 greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.
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If you wish to make Pythocles rich, do not add to his store of money, but subtract from his desires.
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Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.
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Never say that I have taken it, only that I have given it back.
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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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