All friendship is desirable in itself, though it starts from the need of help.
EPICURUSHe who is not satisfied with a little is satisfied with nothing.
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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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Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.
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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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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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The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.
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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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Never say that I have taken it, only that I have given it back.
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He who least needs tomorrow, will most gladly greet tomorrow.
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Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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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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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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The fool’s life is empty of gratitude and full of fears; its course lies wholly toward the future.
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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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