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.
EPICURUSIf you wish to make Pythocles rich, do not add to his store of money, but subtract from his desires.
More Epicurus Quotes
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Let no one delay the study of philosophy while young nor weary of it when old.
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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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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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Never say that I have taken it, only that I have given it back.
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Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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Of all the means to insure happiness throughout the whole life, by far the most important is the acquisition of friends.
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The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.
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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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The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.
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Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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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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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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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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Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.
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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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