"For a wrongdoer to be undetected is difficult;……" — Epicurus
"For a wrongdoer to be undetected is difficult; and for him to have confidence that his concealment will continue is impossible."
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136 Quotes by Epicurus
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The fool, with all his other faults, has this also, he is always getting ready to live.
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My garden does not whet the appetite; it satisfies it. It does not provoke thirst through heedless indulgence, but slakes…
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Death, the most dreaded of evils, is therefore of no concern to us; for while we exist death is not…
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Where I am death is not, where death is I am not.
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Freedom is the greatest fruit of self sufficiency.
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In a philosophical dispute, he gains most who is defeated, since he learns most.
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Fortune seldom troubles the wise man. Reason has controlled his greatest and most important affairs, controls them throughout his life,…
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Let nothing be done in your life, which will cause you fear if it becomes known to your neighbor.
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A strong belief in fate is the worst kind of slavery; on the other hand, there is a comfort in…
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When someone admits one and rejects another which is equally in accordance with the appearances, it is clear that he…
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Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.
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It is vain to ask of the gods what man is capable of supplying for himself.
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Jesus was not a whisperer. No one ever saw Him close to His neighbor's ear, looking stealthily around lest some…
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A man passes for that he is worth. What he is engraves itself on his face, on his form, on…
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The art of nature is all in the direction of concealment.
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Concealment makes the soul a swamp. Confession is how you drain it.
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Big companies are like marching bands. Even if half the band is playing random notes, it still sounds kind of…
— Douglas Coupland
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As a social good, I think privacy is greatly overrated because privacy basically means concealment. People conceal things in order…
— Richard Posner
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All persons harboring or secreting the conspirators or aiding their concealment or escape, will be treated as accomplices in the…
— Edwin M. Stanton
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If you want to be fully convinced of the abominations of slavery, go on a southern plantation, and call yourself…
— Harriet Ann Jacobs
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The purpose of polite behavior is never virtuous. Deceit, surrender, and concealment these are not virtues. The goal of the…
— June Jordan
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The great strength of our Order lies in its concealment; let it never appear in any place in its own…
— Adam Weishaupt
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If one considers how much reason every person has for anxiety and timid self-concealment, and how three-quarters of his energy…
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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If there is a god, he is not only a wizard at leaving clues behind. More than anything, he's a…
— Jostein Gaarder
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