Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.
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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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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He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.
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Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.
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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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There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men.
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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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The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.
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We must, therefore, pursue the things that make for happiness, seeing that when happiness is present, we have everything; but when it is absent, we do everything to possess it.
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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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Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.
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He who least needs tomorrow, will most gladly greet tomorrow.
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Empty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering.
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Contented poverty is an honorable estate.
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If a little is not enough for you, nothing is.
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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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