He who is not satisfied with a little is satisfied with nothing.
EPICURUSThere is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men.
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Never say that I have taken it, only that I have given it back.
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Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.
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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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Foolish is the man who says that he fears death, not because it will cause pain when it arrives but because anticipation of it is painful.
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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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The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.
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Justice is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.
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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 most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.
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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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Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.
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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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Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.
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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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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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