Death, 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.
EPICURUSIt 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.
More Epicurus Quotes
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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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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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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 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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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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Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.
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He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.
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Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.
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Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life.
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Vain is the word of that philosopher which does not heal any suffering of man.
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All friendship is desirable in itself, though it starts from the need of help.
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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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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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The fool’s life is empty of gratitude and full of fears; its course lies wholly toward the future.
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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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