He who is not satisfied with a little is satisfied with nothing.
EPICURUSIf 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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The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.
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Freedom is the greatest fruit of self-sufficiency.
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I was not, I was, I am not, I care not.
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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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Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.
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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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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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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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He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.
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The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.
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It is better for you to be free of fear lying upon a pallet, than to have a golden couch and a rich table and be full of trouble.
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Never say that I have taken it, only that I have given it back.
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Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.
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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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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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