I have never wished to cater to the crowd; for what I know they do not approve, and what they approve I do not know.
EPICURUSIf a little is not enough for you, nothing is.
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Never say that I have taken it, only that I have given it back.
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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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Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.
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Vain is the word of that philosopher which does not heal any suffering of man.
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The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.
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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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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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If a little is not enough for you, nothing is.
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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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It is not so much our friends’ help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us.
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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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The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.
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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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He who least needs tomorrow, will most gladly greet tomorrow.
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