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Justice is never anything in itself, but in the dealings of men with one another in any place whatever and at any time. It is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.
Epicurus
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Haec ego non multis (scribo), sed tibi: satis enim magnum alter alteri theatrum sumus. I am writing this not to many, but to you: certainly we are a great enough audience for each other.
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He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.
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So death, the most terrifying of ills, is nothing to us, since so long as we exist, death is not with us but when death comes, then we do not exist. It does not then concern either the living or the dead, since for the former it is not, and the latter are no more.
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The summit of pleasure is the elimination of all that gives pain.
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Empty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering.
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The pleasant life is not produced by continual drinking and dancing, nor sexual intercourse, nor rare dishes of sea food and other delicacies of a luxurious table. On the contrary, it is produced by sober reasoning which examines the motives for every choice and avoidance, driving away beliefs which are the source of mental disturbances.
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Launch your boat, blessed youth, and flee at full speed from every form of culture.
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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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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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Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent.
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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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The guilty man may escape, but he cannot be sure of doing so.
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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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Most men are in a coma when they are at rest and mad when they act.
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Death is nothing to us: for that which is dissolved is without sensation and that which lacks sensation is nothing to us.
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There is nothing terrible in life for the man who realizes there is nothing terrible in death.
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Earthquakes may be brought about because wind is caught up in the earth, so the earth is dislocated in small masses and is continually shaken, and that causes it to sway.
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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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