A man who causes fear cannot be free from fear.
A strict belief in fate is the worst of slavery, imposing upon our necks an everlasting lord and tyrant, whom we are to stand in awe of night and day.
Luxurious food and drinks, in no way protect you from harm. Wealth beyond what is natural, is no more use than an overflowing container. Real value is not generated by theaters, and baths, perfumes or ointments, but by philosophy.
Only the just man enjoys peace of mind.
Pleasure is the first good. It is the beginning of every choice and every aversion. It is the absence of pain in the body and of troubles in the soul.
The misfortune of the wise is better than the prosperity of the fool.
Men, believing in myths, will always fear something terrible, everlasting punishment as certain or probable . . . Men base all these fears not on mature opinions, but on irrational fancies, that they are more disturbed by fear of the unknown than by facing facts. Peace of mind lies in being delivered from all these fears.
There is nothing terrible in life for the man who realizes there is nothing terrible in death.
In a philosophical dispute, he gains most who is defeated, since he learns most.
The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.
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.
He who needs riches least, enjoys riches most.
It is not the young man who should be considered fortunate but the old man who has lived well, because the young man in his prime wanders much by chance, vacillating in his beliefs, while the old man has docked in the harbor, having safeguarded his true happiness.
Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.
If death causes you no pain when you're dead, it is foolish to allow the fear of it to cause you pain now.
No pleasure is evil in itself; but the means by which certain pleasures are gained bring pains many times greater than the pleasures.
If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.
Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.
A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs.
Vain is the word of a philosopher which does not heal any suffering of man. For just as there is no profit in medicine if it does not expel the diseases of the body, so there is no profit in philosophy either, if it does not expel the suffering of the mind.
Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.
The man least dependent upon the morrow goes to meet the morrow most cheerfully.
I never desired to please the rabble. What pleased them, I did not learn; and what I knew was far removed from their understanding.
The wealth required by nature is limited and is easy to procure; but the wealth required by vain ideals extends to infinity.
He who doesn't find a little enough will find nothing enough.
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