Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.
EPICURUSIf you wish to make Pythocles rich, do not add to his store of money, but subtract from his desires.
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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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Contented poverty is an honorable estate.
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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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It is not so much our friends’ help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us.
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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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Vain is the word of that philosopher which does not heal any suffering of man.
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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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Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our 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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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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He who is not satisfied with a little is satisfied with nothing.
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Let no one delay the study of philosophy while young nor weary of it when old.
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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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