It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls.
EPICURUSNothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.
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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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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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Vain is the word of that philosopher which does not heal any suffering of man.
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If a little is not enough for you, nothing is.
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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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We must, therefore, pursue the things that make for happiness, seeing that when happiness is present, we have everything; but when it is absent, we do everything to possess it.
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Contented poverty is an honorable estate.
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Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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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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If you wish to make Pythocles rich, do not add to his store of money, but subtract from his desires.
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He who is not satisfied with a little is satisfied with nothing.
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Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.
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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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