Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.
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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If you wish to make Pythocles rich, do not add to his store of money, but subtract from his desires.
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If you shape your life according to nature, you will never be poor; if according to people’s opinions, you will never be rich.
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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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Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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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 art of living well and the art of dying well are one.
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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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He who least needs tomorrow, will most gladly greet tomorrow.
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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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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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Death is nothing to us, because a body that has been dispersed into elements experiences no sensations, and the absence of sensation is nothing to us.
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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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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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Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.
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