There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men.
EPICURUSThe greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.
More Epicurus Quotes
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To eat and drink without a friend is to devour like the lion and the wolf.
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Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.
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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.
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Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.
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Vain is the word of that philosopher which does not heal any suffering of man.
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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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He who is not satisfied with a little is satisfied with nothing.
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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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Never say that I have taken it, only that I have given it back.
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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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The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.
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If you shape your life according to nature, you will never be poor; if according to people’s opinions, you will never be rich.
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Do 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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Let no one delay the study of philosophy while young nor weary of it when old.
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Contented poverty is an honorable estate.
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