Epicurus Quotes
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“Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.”
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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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“Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.”
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“Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.”
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“The misfortune of the wise is better than the prosperity of the fool.”
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“Let no one be slow to seek wisdom when he is young nor weary in the search of it when he has grown old. For no age is too early or too late for the health of the soul.”
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“It is not so much our friends' help that helps us, as the confidence of their help.”
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“If God listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever praying for evil against one another.”
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“The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.”
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“I never desired to please the rabble. What pleased them, I did not learn; and what I knew was far removed from their understanding.”
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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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“Justice… is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.”
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“If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.”
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“A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs.”
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“Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.”
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“The time when most of you should withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd.”
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“It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and well and justly. And it is impossible to live wisely and well and justly without living a pleasant life.”
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“We must exercise ourselves in the things which bring happiness, since, if that be present, we have everything, and, if that be absent, all our actions are directed toward attaining it.”
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“It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls.”
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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.”