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I was not I have been I am not I do not mind.
Epicurus
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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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The flesh believes that pleasure is limitless and that it requires unlimited time but the mind, understanding the end and limit of the flesh and ridding itself of fears of the future, secures a complete life and has no longer any need for unlimited time.
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Only the just man enjoys peace of mind.
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Any man who does not think that what he has is more than ample, is an unhappy man, even if he is the master of the whole world.
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When we say that pleasure is the end, we do not mean the pleasure of the profligate or that which depends on physical enjoyment--as some think who do not understand our teachings, disagree with them, or give them an evil interpretation--but by pleasure we mean the state wherein the body is free from pain and the mind from anxiety.
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He who doesn't find a little enough will find nothing enough.
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To eat and drink without a friend is to devour like the lion and the wolf.
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He who is not satisfied with a little, is satisfied with nothing .
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Gratitude is a virtue that has commonly profit annexed to it.
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Death, the most dreaded of evils, is therefore of no concern to us for while we exist death is not present, and when death is present we no longer exist.
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Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not.
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Nothing is sufficient for the person who finds sufficiency too little
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