All friendship is desirable in itself, though it starts from the need of help.
EPICURUSDeath 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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Freedom is the greatest fruit of self-sufficiency.
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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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It is not so much our friends’ help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us.
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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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Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.
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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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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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Foolish is the man who says that he fears death, not because it will cause pain when it arrives but because anticipation of it is painful.
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He who least needs tomorrow, will most gladly greet tomorrow.
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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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Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.
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I was not, I was, I am not, I care not.
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He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.
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