Epicurus

If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires. ↗

— Epicurus

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

— Epicurus

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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. ↗

— Epicurus

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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

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

— Epicurus

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I would rather be first in a little Iberian village than second in Rome. ↗

— Epicurus

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It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and well and justly. And it is impossible to live wisely and well and justly without living a pleasant life. ↗

— Epicurus

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

— Epicurus

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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. ↗

— Epicurus

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It is not so much our friends' help that helps us, as the confidence of their help. ↗

— Epicurus

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