The fool’s life is empty of gratitude and full of fears; its course lies wholly toward the future.
EPICURUSIf you wish to make Pythocles rich, do not add to his store of money, but subtract from his desires.
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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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The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.
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He who is not satisfied with a little is satisfied with nothing.
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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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I was not, I was, I am not, I care not.
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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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Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.
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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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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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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 least needs tomorrow, will most gladly greet tomorrow.
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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, 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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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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