The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.
EPICURUSThe art of living well and the art of dying well are one.
EPICURUSNever say that I have taken it, only that I have given it back.
EPICURUSThe wealth required by nature is limited and is easy to procure; but the wealth required by vain ideals extends to infinity.
EPICURUSIf you shape your life according to nature, you will never be poor; if according to people’s opinions, you will never be rich.
EPICURUSEmpty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering.
EPICURUSWe 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.
EPICURUSFreedom is the greatest fruit of self-sufficiency.
EPICURUSFoolish 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.
EPICURUSAll friendship is desirable in itself, though it starts from the need of help.
EPICURUSVain is the word of that philosopher which does not heal any suffering of man.
EPICURUSI 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.
EPICURUSThere is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men.
EPICURUSPleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.
EPICURUSOf all the means to insure happiness throughout the whole life, by far the most important is the acquisition of friends.
EPICURUSDo not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.
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