The fool’s life is empty of gratitude and full of fears; its course lies wholly toward the future.
EPICURUSThe 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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The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.
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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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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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Never say that I have taken it, only that I have given it back.
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Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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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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We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink…
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Death is nothing to us. When we exist, death is not; and when death exists, we are not. All sensation and consciousness ends with death and therefore in death there is neither pleasure nor pain. The fear of death arises from the belief that in death, there is awareness.
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If the gods listened to the prayers of men, all humankind would quickly perish since they constantly pray for many evils to befall one another.
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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 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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All friendship is desirable in itself, though it starts from the need of help.
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We 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.
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The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.
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If a little is not enough for you, nothing is.
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