Freedom is the greatest fruit of self-sufficiency.
EPICURUSDeath is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.
More Epicurus Quotes
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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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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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Justice is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.
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Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.
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Let no one delay the study of philosophy while young nor weary of it when old.
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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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When you die, your mind will be gone even faster than your body.
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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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To eat and drink without a friend is to devour like the lion and the wolf.
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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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The wealth required by nature is limited and is easy to procure; but the wealth required by vain ideals extends to infinity.
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We must, therefore, pursue the things that make for happiness, seeing that when happiness is present, we have everything; but when it is absent, we do everything to possess it.
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Never say that I have taken it, only that I have given it back.
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If a little is not enough for you, nothing is.
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