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The fool's life is empty of gratitude and full of fears; its course lies wholly toward the future.

Thanks be to blessed Nature that she has made what is necessary easy to obtain, and what is not easy unnecessary.

Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.

The honor paid to a wise man is a great good for those who honor him.

The things you really need are few and easy to come by; but the things you can imagine you need are infinite, and you will never be satisfied.

A beneficent person is like a fountain watering the earth, and spreading fertility; it is, therefore, more delightful to give than to receive.

Men are so thoughtless, nay, so mad, that some, through fear of death, force themselves to die.

He who least needs tomorrow, will most gladly greet tomorrow.

The acquisition of riches has been for many men, not an end, but a change, of troubles.

Nothing is sufficient for the person who finds sufficiency too little

He who is not satisfied with a little, is satisfied with nothing .

The wise man thinks of fame just enough to avoid being despised.

Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.

I never desired to please the rabble. What pleased them, I did not learn; and what I knew was far removed from their understanding.

Of all the gifts that wise Providence grants us to make life full and happy, friendship is the most beautiful.

All friendship is desirable in itself, though it starts from the need of help

A man who causes fear cannot be
free from fear.

So long as we exist, death is not with us; but when death comes, then we do not exist

Launch your boat, blessed youth, and flee at full speed from every form of culture.

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

All sensations are true; pleasure is our natural goal.

All other love is extinguished by self-love; beneficence, humanity, justice, philosophy, sink under it.

If a person fights the clear evidence of his senses he will never be able to share in genuine tranquillity

It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls.

Most men are in a coma when they are at rest and mad when they act.

Thus that which is the most awful of evils, death, is nothing to us, since when we exist there is no death, and when there is death we do not exist.

We cannot live pleasantly without living wisely and nobly and righteously.

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

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

By pleasure we mean the absence of pain in the body and of trouble in the soul. It

Let no one delay the study of philosophy while young nor weary of it when old.

What will happen to me if that which this desire seeks is achieved, and what if it is not?

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

Death is nothing to us, because a body that has been dispersed into elements experiences no sensations, and the absence of sensation is nothing to us.

To eat and drink without a friend is to devour like the lion and the wolf.

Many friends are the key to happiness

Tranquil pleasure constitutes human beings' supreme good

Do everything like someone is gazing at you.

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

The noble soul occupies itself with wisdom and friendship.

I was not; I have been; I am not; I do not mind.

Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempest.

Contented poverty is an honorable estate.

It is vain to ask of the gods what man is capable of supplying for himself.

Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.

We must meditate on what brings happiness, since when it has, it has everything, and when he misses, we do everything to have it

I am grateful to blessed Nature, because she made what is necessary easy to acquire and what is hard to acquire unnecessary.

If a little is not enough for you, nothing is.

If you would enjoy real freedom, you must be the slave of Philosophy.

If the gods listened to the prayers of men, all humankind would quickly perish since they constantly pray for many evils to befall one another.

You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.

I was not, I was, I am not, I care not. (Non fui, fui, non sum, non curo)

What men fear is not that death is annihilation but that it is not.

Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.

Stranger, here you will do well to tarry; here our highest good is pleasure.

How unhappy are the lives of men! How purblind their hearts!

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.

Men inflict injuries from hatred, jealousy or contempt, but the wise man masters all these passions by means of reason.

Vain is the word of that philosopher which does not heal any suffering of man.

Gratitude is a virtue that has commonly profit annexed to it.

The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.

Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.

Empty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering.

The noble man is chiefly concerned with wisdom and friendship; of these, the former is a mortal good, the latter and immortal one.

Death is nothing to us: for that which is dissolved is without sensation; and that which lacks sensation is nothing to us.

Live your life without attracting attention.

He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.

The time when most of you should withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd.

Happiness is man's greatest aim in life. Tranquility and rationality are the cornerstones of happiness.

The greatest fruit of self-sufficiency is freedom.

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

Man was not intended by nature to live in communities and be civilized.

Of all the means to insure happiness throughout the whole life, by far the most important is the acquisition of friends.

Injustice is not evil in itself, but only in the fear and apprehension that one will not escape those who have been set up to punish the offense.

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

It is not so much our friends' help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us.

Why should I fear death? If I am, death is not. If death is, I am not. Why should I fear that which can only exist when I do not?

Death means nothing to us

Only the just man enjoys peace of mind.

Justice is a contract of expediency, entered upon to prevent men harming or being harmed.

When we exist, death is not yet present, and when death is present, then we do not exist.

The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.

The guilty man may escape, but he cannot be sure of doing so.

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

There is nothing to fear from gods, There is nothing to feel in death, Good can be attained, Evil can be endured.

Self-sufficiency is the greatest of all wealth .

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.

Against other things it is possible to obtain security, but when it comes to death we human beings all live in an unwalled city.

We do not so much need the help of our friends as the confidence of their help in need.

The mind that is much elevated and insolent with prosperity, and cast down with adversity, is generally abject and base.

With the Epicureans it was never science for the sake of science but always science for the sake of human happiness.

There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men.

Don't fear god, Don't worry about death; What is good is easy to get, and What is terrible is easy to endure

Death is meaningless to the living because they are living, and meaningless to the dead ... because they are dead.

To be rich is not the end, but only a change, of worries.

If you wish to make Pythocles rich, do not add to his store of money, but subtract from his desires.

For a wrongdoer to be undetected is difficult; and for him to have confidence that his concealment will continue is impossible.

Virtue consisteth of three parts,
temperance, fortitude, and justice.

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.

panta rei ("All things are in flux"),