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Present Quotes by Epicurus
- Death, the most dreaded of evils, is therefore of no concern to us; for while we exist death is not present, and when death is…
- 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…
- When we exist, death is not yet present, and when death is present, then we do not exist.
- 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…
- We must, therefore, pursue the things that make for happiness, seeing that when happiness is present, we have everything; but when it is absent, we…
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