Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.
EPICURUSWe 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.
More Epicurus Quotes
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Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.
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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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Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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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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The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.
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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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Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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Empty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering.
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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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Let no one delay the study of philosophy while young nor weary of it when old.
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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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All friendship is desirable in itself, though it starts from the need of help.
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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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