If you shape your life according to nature, you will never be poor; if according to people’s opinions, you will never be rich.
EPICURUSPleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.
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Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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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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The noble man is chiefly concerned with wisdom and friendship; of these, the former is a mortal good, the latter and immortal one.
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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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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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He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.
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We must exercise ourselves in the things which bring happiness, since, if that be present, we have everything, and, if that be absent, all our actions are directed toward attaining it.
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Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.
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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 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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Contented poverty is an honorable estate.
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All friendship is desirable in itself, though it starts from the need of help.
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Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.
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The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.
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