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.
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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Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.
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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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If a little is not enough for you, nothing is.
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Let no one delay the study of philosophy while young nor weary of it when old.
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He who least needs tomorrow, will most gladly greet tomorrow.
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He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.
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The time when you should most of all withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd.
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The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.
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Don’t fear the gods, Don’t worry about death; What is good is easy to get, and What is terrible is easy to endure.
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Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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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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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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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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Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.
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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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