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.
EPICURUSTo eat and drink without a friend is to devour like the lion and the wolf.
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All friendship is desirable in itself, though it starts from the need of help.
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He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.
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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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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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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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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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Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.
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He who least needs tomorrow, will most gladly greet tomorrow.
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If a little is not enough for you, nothing is.
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He who is not satisfied with a little is satisfied with nothing.
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Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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Justice is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.
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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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