Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.
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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The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.
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I was not, I was, I am not, I care not.
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Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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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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Vain is the word of that philosopher which does not heal any suffering of man.
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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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He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.
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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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Freedom is the greatest fruit of self-sufficiency.
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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 least needs tomorrow, will most gladly greet tomorrow.
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If a little is not enough for you, nothing is.
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When you die, your mind will be gone even faster than your body.
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Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.
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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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