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.
EPICURUSDeath 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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Never say that I have taken it, only that I have given it back.
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Vain is the word of that philosopher which does not heal any suffering of man.
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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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The fool’s life is empty of gratitude and full of fears; its course lies wholly toward the future.
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Contented poverty is an honorable estate.
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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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He who is not satisfied with a little is satisfied with nothing.
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The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.
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I was not, I was, I am not, I care not.
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All friendship is desirable in itself, though it starts from the need of help.
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Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.
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The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.
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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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