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.
EPICURUSJustice is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.
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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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Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.
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I was not, I was, I am not, I care not.
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Contented poverty is an honorable estate.
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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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He who is not satisfied with a little is satisfied with nothing.
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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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Never say that I have taken it, only that I have given it back.
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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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There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men.
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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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If a little is not enough for you, nothing is.
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Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.
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Justice is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.
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