He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.
EPICURUSDeath, therefore, the most awful of evils, is nothing to us, seeing that, when we are, death is not come, and, when death is come, we are not.
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Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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I never desired to please the rabble. What pleased them, I did not learn; and what I knew was far removed from their understanding.
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Let no one delay the study of philosophy while young nor weary of it when old.
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I was not, I was, I am not, I care not.
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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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Empty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering.
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All friendship is desirable in itself, though it starts from the need of help.
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Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.
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Contented poverty is an honorable estate.
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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 greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.
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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 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 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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Death, therefore, the most awful of evils, is nothing to us, seeing that, when we are, death is not come, and, when death is come, we are not.
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