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Man was not intended by nature to live in communities and be civilized.
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Empty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering.
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Only the just man enjoys peace of mind.
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All sensations are true pleasure is our natural goal.
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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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We must, therefore, pursue the things that make for happiness, seeing that when happiness is present, we have everything but when it is absent, we do everything to possess it.
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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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