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Epicurus Quotes: A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs.
         

A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs.


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Why should I fear death? If I am, death is not. If death is, I am not. Why should I fear that which can only exist when I do not?

Why should I fear death? If I am, death is not. If death is, I am not. Why should I fear that which can only exist when I do not?



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

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



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The things you really need are few and easy to come by; but the things you can imagine you need are infinite, and you will never be satisfied.



Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.

Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.



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



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Being happy is knowing how to be content with little



Live your life without attracting attention.

Live your life without attracting attention.



If God listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever praying for evil against one another.

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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