"Riches do not exhilarate us so much with……" — Epicurus
"Riches do not exhilarate us so much with their possession as they torment us with their loss."
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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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Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the…
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Envy's a coal comes hissing hot from Hell.
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The show business has all phases and grades of dignity, from the exhibition of a monkey to the exposition of…
— P T Barnum
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Envy, like the worm, never runs but to the fairest fruit; like a cunning bloodhound, it singles out the fattest…
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Glamour cannot exist without personal social envy being a common and widespread emotion.
— John Berger
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Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope.
— Josh Billings
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It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.
— Aeschylus
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He who goes unenvied shall not be admired.
— Aeschylus
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Never trust anyone who wants what you've got. Friend or no, envy is an overwhelming emotion.
— Eubie Blake
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God's truth judges created things out of love, and Satan's truth judges them out of envy and hatred.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies.
— Elizabeth Bowen
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Nearly every glamorous, wealthy, successful career woman you might envy now started out as some kind of schlep.
— Helen Gurley Brown
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