Epicurus

Don't fear god, Don't worry about death; What is good is easy to get, and What is terrible is easy to endure

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He who is not satisfied with a little, is satisfied with nothing .

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It is not so much our friends' help that helps us, as the confidence of their help.

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Neither one should hesitate about dedicating oneself to philosophy when young, nor should get tired of doing it when one's old, because…

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He who says either that the time for philosophy has not yet come or that it has passed is like someone who…

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The magnitude of pleasure reaches its limit in the removal of all pain. When such pleasure is present, so long as it…

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It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and well and justly. And it is impossible to live wisely…

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Pleasure is the first good. It is the beginning of every choice and every aversion. It is the absence of pain in…

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Let no one be slow to seek wisdom when he is young nor weary in the search of it when he has…

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“The opinions held by most people about the gods are not true conceptions of them but fallacious notions, according to which awful…

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The mind that is much elevated and insolent with prosperity, and cast down with adversity, is generally abject and base.

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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…

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I have never wished to cater to the crowd; for what I know they do not approve, and what they approve I…

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Justice has no independent existence; it results from mutual contracts, and establishes itself wherever there is a mutual engagement to guard against…

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“Thus that which is the most awful of evils, death, is nothing to us, since when we exist there is no death,…

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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…

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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…

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Those desires that do not bring pain if they are not satisfied are not necessary; and they are easily thrust aside whenever…

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Against other things it is possible to obtain security, but when it comes to death we human beings all live in an…

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A beneficent person is like a fountain watering the earth, and spreading fertility; it is, therefore, more delightful to give than to…

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Injustice is not evil in itself, but only in the fear and apprehension that one will not escape those who have been…

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“If the gods listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever praying for evil…

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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…

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Those who tell the young man to live well and the old man to die well is nothing but a fool, not…

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Fortune seldom troubles the wise man. Reason has controlled his greatest and most important affairs, controls them throughout his life, and will…

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No pleasure is evil in itself; but the means by which certain pleasures are gained bring pains many times greater than the…

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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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“Death is nothing to us, because a body that has been dispersed into elements experiences no sensations, and the absence of sensation…

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Luxurious food and drinks, in no way protect you from harm. Wealth beyond what is natural, is no more use than an…

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The wise man who has become accustomed to necessities knows better how to share with others than how to take from them,…

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We must, therefore, pursue the things that make for happiness, seeing that when happiness is present, we have everything; but when 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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A blessed and indestructible being has no trouble himself and brings no trouble upon any other being; so he is free from…

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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…

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The term "incorporeal" is properly applied only to the void, which cannot act or be acted on. Since the soul can act…

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Natural justice is a compact resulting from expediency by which men seek to prevent one man from injuring others and to protect…

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We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink, for dining alone is…

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You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.

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We have been born once and there can be no second birth. Fir all eternity we shall no longer be. But you,…

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My garden does not whet the appetite; it satisfies it. It does not provoke thirst through heedless indulgence, but slakes it by…

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