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.
EPICURUSThere is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men.
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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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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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To eat and drink without a friend is to devour like the lion and the wolf.
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Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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Never say that I have taken it, only that I have given it back.
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If a little is not enough for you, nothing is.
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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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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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Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.
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Justice is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.
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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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The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.
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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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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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