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• 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.

  Epicurus

  Men, Chance, Belief

  "Dancing into old age" by Daniel Klein, www.cnn.com. March 16, 2013.

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• We have been born once and there can be no second birth. Fir all eternity we shall no longer be. But you, although you are not master of tomorrow, are postponing your happiness.

  Epicurus

  Tomorrow, Birth, Eternity

  Epicurus (1964). “Letters: Principles Doctrines, and Vatican Sayings Translated, with an Introd. and Notes, by Russel M. Geor. Indianapolis Merrill”

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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.

  Epicurus

  Life, Death, Wisdom

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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

  Appreciate, Atheism, Crowds

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• A man who causes fear cannot be
  free from fear.

  Epicurus

  Men, Causes

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

  Epicurus

  Care, I Care

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

  Epicurus

  Philosophical, Crowds, Should

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• 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.

  Epicurus

  Pain, Choices, Soul

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

  Epicurus

  Philosophy, Philosophical, Gains

  Epicurus (1964). “Letters: Principles Doctrines, and Vatican Sayings Translated, with an Introd. and Notes, by Russel M. Geor. Indianapolis Merrill”

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• Freedom is the greatest fruit of self sufficiency.

  Epicurus

  Freedom, Self, Liberty

  Epicurus (1964). “Letters: Principles Doctrines, and Vatican Sayings Translated, with an Introd. and Notes, by Russel M. Geor. Indianapolis Merrill”

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

  Epicurus

  Wine, Order, Joy

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• Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempest.

  Epicurus

  Philosophical, Hard Times, Skills

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• 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.

  Epicurus

  Philosophy, Real, Use

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• No pleasure is evil in itself; but the means by which certain pleasures
  are gained bring pains many times greater than the pleasures.

  Epicurus

  Happiness, Pain, Mean

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

  Epicurus

  Men, Civilization, Community

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

  Epicurus

  Happiness, Being Happy, Money

  Epicurus (2016). “Principal Doctrines”, p.14, Lulu.com

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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

  Life, Friendship, Relationship

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

  Epicurus

  Men, Acquisition, Riches

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• The knowledge of sin is the beginning of salvation.

  Epicurus

  Sin, Salvation

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• The wealth required by nature is limited and is easy to procure; but the wealth required by vain ideals extends to infinity.

  Epicurus

  Infinity, Wealth, Easy

  "Principal Doctrines". Translated by Robert Drew Hicks,

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• Any man who does not think that what he has is more than ample, is an unhappy man, even if he is the master of the whole world.

  Epicurus

  Men, Thinking, Unhappy

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• He who needs riches least, enjoys riches most.

  Epicurus

  Needs, Riches, Enjoy

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• He who doesn't find a little enough will find nothing enough.

  Epicurus

  Littles, Enough

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• 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.

  Epicurus

  Fate, Night, Tyrants

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• The noble soul occupies itself with wisdom and friendship.

  Epicurus

  Soul, Noble, Wisdom And Friendship

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