When you die, your mind will be gone even faster than your body.
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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It is not so much our friends’ help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us.
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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.
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It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls.
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Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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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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All friendship is desirable in itself, though it starts from the need of help.
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The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.
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Vain is the word of that philosopher which does not heal any suffering of man.
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If you wish to make Pythocles rich, do not add to his store of money, but subtract from his desires.
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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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Contented poverty is an honorable estate.
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The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.
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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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He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.
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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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