Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.
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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It is not so much our friends’ help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us.
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Vain is the word of that philosopher which does not heal any suffering of man.
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If a little is not enough for you, nothing is.
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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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Let no one delay the study of philosophy while young nor weary of it when old.
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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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The fool’s life is empty of gratitude and full of fears; its course lies wholly toward the future.
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Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.
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Don’t fear the gods, Don’t worry about death; What is good is easy to get, and What is terrible is easy to endure.
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The time when you should most of all withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd.
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Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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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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