Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.
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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I never desired to please the rabble. What pleased them, I did not learn; and what I knew was far removed from their understanding.
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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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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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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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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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It is not so much our friends’ help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us.
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All friendship is desirable in itself, though it starts from the need of help.
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The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.
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If you shape your life according to nature, you will never be poor; if according to people’s opinions, you will never be rich.
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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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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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Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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Vain is the word of that philosopher which does not heal any suffering of man.
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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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Freedom is the greatest fruit of self-sufficiency.
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Empty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering.
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Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.
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The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.
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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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Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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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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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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Contented poverty is an honorable estate.
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Never say that I have taken it, only that I have given it back.
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Don’t fear the gods, Don’t worry about death; What is good is easy to get, and What is terrible is easy to endure.
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The 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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