Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.
EPICURUSDo 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.
More Epicurus Quotes
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He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.
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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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To eat and drink without a friend is to devour like the lion and the wolf.
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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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I never desired to please the rabble. What pleased them, I did not learn; and what I knew was far removed from their understanding.
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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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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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Vain is the word of that philosopher which does not heal any suffering of man.
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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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The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.
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When you die, your mind will be gone even faster than your body.
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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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Never say that I have taken it, only that I have given it back.
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Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.
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The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.
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