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.
EPICURUSDeath 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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Vain is the word of that philosopher which does not heal any suffering of man.
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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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Of all the means to insure happiness throughout the whole life, by far the most important is the acquisition of friends.
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Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.
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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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Contented poverty is an honorable estate.
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He who least needs tomorrow, will most gladly greet tomorrow.
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He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.
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Never say that I have taken it, only that I have given it back.
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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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Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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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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Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.
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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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The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.
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Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.
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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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Empty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering.
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Justice is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.
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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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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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The fool’s life is empty of gratitude and full of fears; its course lies wholly toward the future.
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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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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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He who is not satisfied with a little is satisfied with nothing.
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