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.
EPICURUSDeath, 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.
More Epicurus Quotes
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Justice is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.
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Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.
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I have never wished to cater to the crowd; for what I know they do not approve, and what they approve I do not know.
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The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.
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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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It 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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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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Vain is the word of that philosopher which does not heal any suffering of man.
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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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Let no one delay the study of philosophy while young nor weary of it when old.
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He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.
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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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When you die, your mind will be gone even faster than your body.
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The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.
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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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