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• Men, believing in myths, will always fear something terrible, everlasting punishment as certain or probable . . . Men base all these fears not on mature opinions, but on irrational fancies, that they are more disturbed by fear of the unknown than by facing facts. Peace of mind lies in being delivered from all these fears.

  Epicurus

  Lying, Believe, Men

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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.

  Epicurus

  God, Prayer, Humility

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• Luxurious food and drinks, in no way protect you from harm. Wealth beyond what is natural, is no more use than an overflowing container. Real value is not generated by theaters, and baths, perfumes or ointments, but by philosophy.

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  Philosophy, Real, Use

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• He who needs riches least, enjoys riches most.

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  Needs, Riches, Enjoy

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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.

  Epicurus

  Life, Death, Wisdom

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• It is not the young man who should be considered fortunate but the old man who has lived well, because the young man in his prime wanders much by chance, vacillating in his beliefs, while the old man has docked in the harbor, having safeguarded his true happiness.

  Epicurus

  Men, Chance, Belief

  "Dancing into old age" by Daniel Klein, www.cnn.com. March 16, 2013.

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• We have been born once and there can be no second birth. Fir all eternity we shall no longer be. But you, although you are not master of tomorrow, are postponing your happiness.

  Epicurus

  Tomorrow, Birth, Eternity

  Epicurus (1964). “Letters: Principles Doctrines, and Vatican Sayings Translated, with an Introd. and Notes, by Russel M. Geor. Indianapolis Merrill”

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• In a philosophical dispute, he gains most who is defeated, since he learns most.

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  Philosophy, Philosophical, Gains

  Epicurus (1964). “Letters: Principles Doctrines, and Vatican Sayings Translated, with an Introd. and Notes, by Russel M. Geor. Indianapolis Merrill”

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• There is nothing terrible in life for the man who realizes there is nothing terrible in death.

  Epicurus

  Death, Men, Realizing

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• Do everything like someone is gazing at you.

  Epicurus

  Gazing

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• I have never wished to cater to the crowd; for what I know they do not approve, and what they approve I do not know.

  Epicurus

  Appreciate, Atheism, Crowds

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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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  Happiness, Being Happy, Money

  Epicurus (2016). “Principal Doctrines”, p.14, Lulu.com

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• Only the just man enjoys peace of mind.

  Epicurus

  Men, Justice, Mind

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• The noble soul occupies itself with wisdom and friendship.

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  Soul, Noble, Wisdom And Friendship

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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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  Lying, Perspective, Fearless

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

  Epicurus

  Death, Art, Philosophical

  Epicurus (1964). “Letters: Principles Doctrines, and Vatican Sayings Translated, with an Introd. and Notes, by Russel M. Geor. Indianapolis Merrill”

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

  Epicurus

  Wise, Wisdom, Philosophical

  Epicurus, Lucretius, Cicero (2015). “Stoic Six Pack 3: The Epicureans”, p.89, Lulu.com

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• The summit of pleasure is the elimination of all that gives pain.

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  Pain, Giving, Pleasure

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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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  Life, Friendship, Relationship

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• The man least dependent upon the morrow goes to meet the morrow most cheerfully.

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  Future, Men, Independence

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• No pleasure is evil in itself; but the means by which certain pleasures
  are gained bring pains many times greater than the pleasures.

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  Happiness, Pain, Mean

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• Vain is the word of a philosopher which does not heal any suffering of man. For just as there is no profit in medicine if it does not expel the diseases of the body, so there is no profit in philosophy either, if it does not expel the suffering of the mind.

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  Philosophy, Men, Medicine

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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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  Understanding, Desire, Please

  Epicurus (1993). “The essential Epicurus: letters, principal doctrines, Vatican sayings, and fragments”

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• He who doesn't find a little enough will find nothing enough.

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  Littles, Enough

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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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  Life, Easy, Possession

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