Freedom is the greatest fruit of self-sufficiency.
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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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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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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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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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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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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Never say that I have taken it, only that I have given it back.
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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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Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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He who least needs tomorrow, will most gladly greet tomorrow.
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When you die, your mind will be gone even faster than your body.
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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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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 fool’s life is empty of gratitude and full of fears; its course lies wholly toward the future.
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If the gods listened to the prayers of men, all humankind would quickly perish since they constantly pray for many evils to befall one another.
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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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