The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.
EPICURUSDeath is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.
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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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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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All friendship is desirable in itself, though it starts from the need of help.
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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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We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink…
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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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Of all the means to insure happiness throughout the whole life, by far the most important is the acquisition of friends.
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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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He who is not satisfied with a little is satisfied with nothing.
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Let no one delay the study of philosophy while young nor weary of it when old.
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The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.
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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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Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.
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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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Vain is the word of that philosopher which does not heal any suffering of man.
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