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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Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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Justice is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.
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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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There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men.
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Never say that I have taken it, only that I have given it back.
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Contented poverty is an honorable estate.
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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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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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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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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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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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The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.
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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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It is not so much our friends’ help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us.
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