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.
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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There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men.
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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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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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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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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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The time when you should most of all withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd.
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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 wish to make Pythocles rich, do not add to his store of money, but subtract from his desires.
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The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.
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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.
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All friendship is desirable in itself, though it starts from the need of help.
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Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.
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Contented poverty is an honorable estate.
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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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Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.
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