All friendship is desirable in itself, though it starts from the need of help.
EPICURUSMisfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life.
More Epicurus Quotes
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If a little is not enough for you, nothing is.
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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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Freedom is the greatest fruit of self-sufficiency.
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Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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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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Justice is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.
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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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The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.
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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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Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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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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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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Vain is the word of that philosopher which does not heal any suffering of man.
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Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.
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To eat and drink without a friend is to devour like the lion and the wolf.
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