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.
EPICURUSWe should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink…
More Epicurus Quotes
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He who is not satisfied with a little is satisfied with nothing.
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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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There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men.
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Never say that I have taken it, only that I have given it back.
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The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.
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All friendship is desirable in itself, though it starts from the need of help.
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Vain is the word of that philosopher which does not heal any suffering of man.
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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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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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Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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Empty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering.
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Freedom is the greatest fruit of self-sufficiency.
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It is not so much our friends’ help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us.
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The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.
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You don’t develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.
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