I was not, I was, I am not, I care not.
EPICURUSIf a little is not enough for you, nothing is.
More Epicurus Quotes
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Let no one delay the study of philosophy while young nor weary of it when old.
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The fool’s life is empty of gratitude and full of fears; its course lies wholly toward the future.
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Empty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering.
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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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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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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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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 has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.
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Freedom is the greatest fruit of self-sufficiency.
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The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.
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Never say that I have taken it, only that I have given it back.
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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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The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.
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Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.
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