Never say that I have taken it, only that I have given it back.
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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Justice is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.
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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 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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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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Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.
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It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.
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We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink…
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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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I was not, I was, I am not, I care not.
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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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Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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Contented poverty is an honorable estate.
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The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.
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He who is not satisfied with a little is satisfied with nothing.
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When you die, your mind will be gone even faster than your body.
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