I was not, I was, I am not, I care not.
EPICURUSThere is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men.
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The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.
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Vain is the word of that philosopher which does not heal any suffering of man.
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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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It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.
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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.
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You don’t develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.
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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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Death is nothing to us, because a body that has been dispersed into elements experiences no sensations, and the absence of sensation is nothing to us.
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He who least needs tomorrow, will most gladly greet tomorrow.
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Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.
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When you die, your mind will be gone even faster than your body.
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Of all the means to insure happiness throughout the whole life, by far the most important is the acquisition of friends.
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If a little is not enough for you, nothing is.
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Contented poverty is an honorable estate.
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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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