Empty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering.
EPICURUSAll friendship is desirable in itself, though it starts from the need of help.
More Epicurus Quotes
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He who least needs tomorrow, will most gladly greet tomorrow.
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It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.
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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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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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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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Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.
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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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Death is nothing to us. When we exist, death is not; and when death exists, we are not. All sensation and consciousness ends with death and therefore in death there is neither pleasure nor pain. The fear of death arises from the belief that in death, there is awareness.
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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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Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.
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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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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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The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.
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Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life.
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