It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.
EPICURUSTo eat and drink without a friend is to devour like the lion and the wolf.
More Epicurus Quotes
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Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.
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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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Justice is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.
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If a little is not enough for you, nothing is.
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Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.
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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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Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.
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When you die, your mind will be gone even faster than your body.
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Death is nothing to us, because a body that has been dispersed into elements experiences no sensations, and the absence of sensation is nothing to us.
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Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.
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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 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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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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Freedom is the greatest fruit of self-sufficiency.
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