I never desired to please the rabble. What pleased them, I did not learn; and what I knew was far removed from their understanding.
EPICURUSThe noble man is chiefly concerned with wisdom and friendship; of these, the former is a mortal good, the latter and immortal one.
More Epicurus Quotes
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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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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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He who least needs tomorrow, will most gladly greet tomorrow.
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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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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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Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.
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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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All friendship is desirable in itself, though it starts from the need of help.
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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 greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.
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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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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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The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.
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