It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls.
EPICURUSPleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.
More Epicurus Quotes
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Contented poverty is an honorable estate.
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Justice is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.
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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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Never say that I have taken it, only that I have given it back.
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When you die, your mind will be gone even faster than your body.
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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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Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life.
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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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I was not, I was, I am not, I care not.
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He who least needs tomorrow, will most gladly greet tomorrow.
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If a little is not enough for you, nothing is.
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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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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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The wealth required by nature is limited and is easy to procure; but the wealth required by vain ideals extends to infinity.
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