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.
EPICURUSNever say that I have taken it, only that I have given it back.
More Epicurus Quotes
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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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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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If you wish to make Pythocles rich, do not add to his store of money, but subtract from his desires.
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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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If a little is not enough for you, nothing is.
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Don’t fear the gods, Don’t worry about death; What is good is easy to get, and What is terrible is easy to endure.
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He who is not satisfied with a little is satisfied with nothing.
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Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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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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Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.
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Vain is the word of that philosopher which does not heal any suffering of man.
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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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The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.
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Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.
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