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.
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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All friendship is desirable in itself, though it starts from the need of help.
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Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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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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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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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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If a little is not enough for you, nothing is.
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Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.
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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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The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.
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The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.
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Contented poverty is an honorable estate.
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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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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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Freedom is the greatest fruit of self-sufficiency.
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