Death, therefore, the most awful of evils, is nothing to us, seeing that, when we are, death is not come, and, when death is come, we are not.

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Death Evils Come We

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The wealth required by nature is limited and is easy to procure; but the wealth required by vain ideals extends to infinity.

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Wealth Nature Ideals Infinity

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Of all the means to insure happiness throughout the whole life, by far the most important is the acquisition of friends.

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Happiness Life Important Friends

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Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.

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Death Exist Come Longer

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It is not so much our friends' help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us.

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Friends Help Confident Knowledge

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You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.

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Develop Courage Happy Relationships

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Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.

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What Enjoy Constitutes Abundance

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It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.

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Man Pray Power Obtain

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The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.

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Art Living well Dying One

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If the gods listened to the prayers of men, all humankind would quickly perish since they constantly pray for many evils to befall one another.

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Prayers Men Humankind Evils

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He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.

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He Peace Mind Another

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Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not

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Spoil Have Desiring

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Empty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering.

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Empty Argument Relieve Human

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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 do everything to possess it.

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Pursue Happiness Present Absent

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Nothing is sufficient for the person who finds sufficiency too little

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Nothing Sufficient Person Little

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Don't fear the gods, Don't worry about death; What is good is easy to get, and What is terrible is easy to endure.

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Fears Worry Death Endure

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To eat and drink without a friend is to devour like the lion and the wolf.

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Eat Friend Devour Lion

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We need to set our affections on one good man and keep him constantly before our eyes, so that we may live as if he were watching us and do everything as if he saw what we were doing.

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Need Affections Good man Live

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The opinions held by most people about the gods are not true conceptions of them but fallacious notions, according to which awful penalties are meted out to the evil and the greatest of blessings to the good.

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Opinions People Gods Evil

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We must laugh and philosophize and manage our households and look after our other affairs all at the same time, and never stop proclaiming the words of the true philosophy.

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Laugh Philosophize Affairs Words

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The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.

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Important Consequence Freedom

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If a person fights the clear evidence of his senses he will never be able to share in genuine tranquillity

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Person Fights Senses Genuine

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Vain is the word of that philosopher which does not heal any suffering of man.

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Vain Word Heal Man

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When you die, your mind will be gone even faster than your body

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You Die Mind Body

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Therefore, foolish is the man who says that he fears death, not because it will cause pain when it arrives but because anticipation of it is painful.

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Foolish Fear Death Pain

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The noble man is chiefly concerned with wisdom and friendship; of these, the former is a mortal good, the latter and immortal one.

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Noble man Wisdom Friendship Mortal

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The fool’s life is empty of gratitude and full of fears; its course lies wholly toward the future

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Life Gratitude Fears Future

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All friendship is desirable in itself, though it starts from the need of help

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Friendship Desirable Need Help

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It is better for you to be free of fear lying upon a pallet, than to have a golden couch and a rich table and be full of trouble.

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Free Fear Rich Trouble

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Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.

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Moderate Joys Life Abundance

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The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it

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Greater Difficulty More Glory

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If you wish to make Pythocles rich, do not add to his store of money, but subtract from his desires.

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Wish Rich Money Desires

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The time when you should most of all withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd.

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Time Withdraw Yourself Crowd

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He who least needs tomorrow, will most gladly greet tomorrow.

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He Least Needs Tomorrow

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Of all the things which wisdom acquires to produce the blessedness of the complete life, for the greatest is the possession of friendship.

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Wisdom Life Greatest Friendship

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The purpose of all knowledge, metaphysical as well as scientific, is to achieve what Epicurus called ataraxia, freedom from irrational fears and anxieties of all sorts—in brief, peace of mind.

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Knowledge Achieve Freedom Mind

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The wise man who has become accustomed to necessities knows better how to share with others than how to take from them, so great a treasure of self-sufficiency has he found.

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Wise man Share Great Treasure

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We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink.

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We Someone Eat Something

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Death is nothing to us, because a body that has been dispersed into elements experiences no sensations, and the absence of sensation is nothing to us.

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Death Body Sensation Nothing

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Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life.

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Misfortune Wise Reason Life

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Happiness is man's greatest aim in life. Tranquility and rationality are the cornerstones of happiness.

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Happiness Man's Aim Life

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Being happy is knowing how to be content with little

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Being Happy Knowing Content

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To be rich is not the end, but only a change, of worries.

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Rich End Change Worries

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Live your life without attracting attention.

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Live Life Attracting Attention

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Pleasure is the first good. It is the beginning of every choice and every aversion. It is the absence of pain in the body and of troubles in the soul.

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Pleasure Choice Pain Soul

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The noble soul occupies itself with wisdom and friendship.

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Noble Soul Wisdom Friendship

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The misfortune of the wise is better than the prosperity of the fool.

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Misfortune Wise Prosperity Fool

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Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.

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Pleasure End Living Happily

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Only the just man enjoys peace of mind.

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Only Man Peace Mind

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Justice is a contract of expediency, entered upon to prevent men harming or being harmed.

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Justice Contract Men Harming

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"50 Epicurus Quotes & Sayings

Death, therefore, the most awful of evils, is nothing to us, seeing that, when we are, death is not come, and, when death is come, we are not.

Epicurus

The wealth required by nature is limited and is easy to procure; but the wealth required by vain ideals extends to infinity.

Epicurus

Epicurus

Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.

Epicurus

It is not so much our friends' help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us.

Epicurus

You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.

Epicurus

Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.

Epicurus

It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.

Epicurus

Epicurus

If the gods listened to the prayers of men, all humankind would quickly perish since they constantly pray for many evils to befall one another.

Epicurus

He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.

Epicurus

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not

Epicurus

Empty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering.

Epicurus

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 do everything to possess it.

Epicurus

Nothing is sufficient for the person who finds sufficiency too little

Epicurus

Don't fear the gods, Don't worry about death; What is good is easy to get, and What is terrible is easy to endure.

Epicurus

To eat and drink without a friend is to devour like the lion and the wolf.

Epicurus

We need to set our affections on one good man and keep him constantly before our eyes, so that we may live as if he were watching us and do everything as if he saw what we were doing.

Epicurus

The opinions held by most people about the gods are not true conceptions of them but fallacious notions, according to which awful penalties are meted out to the evil and the greatest of blessings to the good.

Epicurus

We must laugh and philosophize and manage our households and look after our other affairs all at the same time, and never stop proclaiming the words of the true philosophy.

Epicurus

The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.

Epicurus

If a person fights the clear evidence of his senses he will never be able to share in genuine tranquillity

Epicurus

Vain is the word of that philosopher which does not heal any suffering of man.

Epicurus

When you die, your mind will be gone even faster than your body

Epicurus

Therefore, foolish is the man who says that he fears death, not because it will cause pain when it arrives but because anticipation of it is painful.

Epicurus

The noble man is chiefly concerned with wisdom and friendship; of these, the former is a mortal good, the latter and immortal one.

Epicurus

The fool’s life is empty of gratitude and full of fears; its course lies wholly toward the future

Epicurus

All friendship is desirable in itself, though it starts from the need of help

Epicurus

It is better for you to be free of fear lying upon a pallet, than to have a golden couch and a rich table and be full of trouble.

Epicurus

Epicurus

The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it

Epicurus

If you wish to make Pythocles rich, do not add to his store of money, but subtract from his desires.

Epicurus

The time when you should most of all withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd.

Epicurus

He who least needs tomorrow, will most gladly greet tomorrow.

Epicurus

Of all the things which wisdom acquires to produce the blessedness of the complete life, for the greatest is the possession of friendship.

Epicurus

The purpose of all knowledge, metaphysical as well as scientific, is to achieve what Epicurus called ataraxia, freedom from irrational fears and anxieties of all sorts—in brief, peace of mind.

Epicurus

The wise man who has become accustomed to necessities knows better how to share with others than how to take from them, so great a treasure of self-sufficiency has he found.

Epicurus

We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink.

Epicurus

Death is nothing to us, because a body that has been dispersed into elements experiences no sensations, and the absence of sensation is nothing to us.

Epicurus