The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.
EPICURUSI have never wished to cater to the crowd; for what I know they do not approve, and what they approve I do not know.
More Epicurus Quotes
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Contented poverty is an honorable estate.
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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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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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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 the gods listened to the prayers of men, all humankind would quickly perish since they constantly pray for many evils to befall one another.
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Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.
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If a little is not enough for you, nothing is.
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Empty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering.
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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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He who least needs tomorrow, will most gladly greet tomorrow.
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The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.
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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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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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To eat and drink without a friend is to devour like the lion and the wolf.
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He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.
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