"To eat and drink without a friend is……" — Epicurus
"To eat and drink without a friend is to devour like the lion and the wolf."
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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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Beauty is but a flower Which wrinkles will devour; Brightness falls from the air; Queens have died young and fair;…
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