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.
EPICURUSWe must, therefore, pursue the things that make for happiness, seeing that when happiness is present, we have everything; but when it is absent, we do everything to possess it.
More Epicurus Quotes
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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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If you shape your life according to nature, you will never be poor; if according to people’s opinions, you will never be rich.
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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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Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.
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We must, therefore, pursue the things that make for happiness, seeing that when happiness is present, we have everything; but when it is absent, we do everything to possess it.
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If a little is not enough for you, nothing is.
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The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.
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Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.
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We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink…
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To eat and drink without a friend is to devour like the lion and the wolf.
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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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It is not so much our friends’ help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us.
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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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