The wealth required by nature is limited and is easy to procure; but the wealth required by vain ideals extends to infinity.
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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Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.
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Foolish is the man who says that he fears death, not because it will cause pain when it arrives but because anticipation of it is painful.
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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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Contented poverty is an honorable estate.
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The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.
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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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Don’t fear the gods, Don’t worry about death; What is good is easy to get, and What is terrible is easy to endure.
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Freedom is the greatest fruit of self-sufficiency.
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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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Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.
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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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Let no one delay the study of philosophy while young nor weary of it when old.
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Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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