The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.
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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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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Let no one delay the study of philosophy while young nor weary of it when old.
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To eat and drink without a friend is to devour like the lion and the wolf.
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Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.
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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 greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.
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Freedom is the greatest fruit of self-sufficiency.
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Vain is the word of that philosopher which does not heal any suffering of man.
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Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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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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It is not so much our friends’ help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us.
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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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There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men.
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Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.
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When you die, your mind will be gone even faster than your body.
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