The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.
EPICURUSHe who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.
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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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When you die, your mind will be gone even faster than your body.
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I was not, I was, I am not, I care not.
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Death, therefore, the most awful of evils, is nothing to us, seeing that, when we are, death is not come, and, when death is come, we are not.
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The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.
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He who is not satisfied with a little is satisfied with nothing.
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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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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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Empty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering.
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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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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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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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Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.
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The wealth required by nature is limited and is easy to procure; but the wealth required by vain ideals extends to infinity.
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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.
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All friendship is desirable in itself, though it starts from the need of help.
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Of all the means to insure happiness throughout the whole life, by far the most important is the acquisition of friends.
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The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.
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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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We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink…
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Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life.
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It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.
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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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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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