The wealth required by nature is limited and is easy to procure; but the wealth required by vain ideals extends to infinity.
EPICURUSEmpty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering.
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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 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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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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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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Let no one delay the study of philosophy while young nor weary of it when old.
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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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Vain is the word of that philosopher which does not heal any suffering of man.
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Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.
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To eat and drink without a friend is to devour like the lion and the wolf.
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Justice is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.
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Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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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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There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men.
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He who least needs tomorrow, will most gladly greet tomorrow.
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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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