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Pain Quotes by Epicurus
- The magnitude of pleasure reaches its limit in the removal of all pain. When such pleasure is present, so long as it is uninterrupted, there…
- The summit of pleasure is the elimination of all that gives pain.
- He who understands the limits of life knows that it is easy to obtain that which removes the pain of want and makes the whole…
- Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily. Epicurus taught: Pleasure, defined as freedom from pain, is the highest good.
- Whatsoever causes no annoyance when it is present, causes only a groundless pain in the expectation. Death, therefore, the most awful of evils, is nothing…
- Those desires that do not bring pain if they are not satisfied are not necessary; and they are easily thrust aside whenever to satisfy them…
More Pain Quotes
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- Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil. — Aristotle
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- Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever. — Lance Armstrong
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- The greatest evil is physical pain. — Saint Augustine
- We are certainly in a common class with the beasts; every action of animal life is concerned with seeking bodily pleasure and… — Saint Augustine
- Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears. — Marcus Aurelius
- What used to keep me up at night was the fact that I didn't know how I was going to pay the… — Paul Auster
- Pain is never permanent. — Teresa of Avila