Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
EPICURUSThe greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.
More Epicurus Quotes
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Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.
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If you wish to make Pythocles rich, do not add to his store of money, but subtract from his desires.
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We must, therefore, pursue the things that make for happiness, seeing that when happiness is present, we have everything; but when it is absent, we do everything to possess it.
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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.
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The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.
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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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It is better for you to be free of fear lying upon a pallet, than to have a golden couch and a rich table and be full of trouble.
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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 noble man is chiefly concerned with wisdom and friendship; of these, the former is a mortal good, the latter and immortal one.
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The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.
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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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It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls.
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Justice is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.
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Contented poverty is an honorable estate.
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He who is not satisfied with a little is satisfied with nothing.
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