Never say that I have taken it, only that I have given it back.
EPICURUSThe fool’s life is empty of gratitude and full of fears; its course lies wholly toward the future.
More Epicurus Quotes
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Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.
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Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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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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Vain is the word of that philosopher which does not heal any suffering of man.
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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 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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I was not, I was, I am not, I care not.
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He who is not satisfied with a little is satisfied with nothing.
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Contented poverty is an honorable estate.
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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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All friendship is desirable in itself, though it starts from the need of help.
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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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Empty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering.
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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 should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink…
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