Never say that I have taken it, only that I have given it back.
EPICURUSAll friendship is desirable in itself, though it starts from the need of help.
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The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.
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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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Freedom is the greatest fruit of self-sufficiency.
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The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.
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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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Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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All friendship is desirable in itself, though it starts from the need of help.
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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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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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Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.
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I was not, I was, I am not, I care not.
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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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Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.
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Empty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering.
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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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