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.
EPICURUSFoolish 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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He who is not satisfied with a little is satisfied with nothing.
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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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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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Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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Empty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering.
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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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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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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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There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men.
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When you die, your mind will be gone even faster than your body.
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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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The fool’s life is empty of gratitude and full of fears; its course lies wholly toward the future.
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Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.
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He who least needs tomorrow, will most gladly greet tomorrow.
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