WednesdayAug 12, 2026
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Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
It is impossible to live pleasurably without living wisely, well, and justly, and impossible to live wisely, well, and justly without living pleasurably. Epicurus taught: Pleasure, defined as freedom from pain, is the highest good.
He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily. Epicurus taught: Pleasure, defined as freedom from pain, is the highest good.
If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.
A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs....
A strict belief in fate is the worst kind of slavery; on the other hand, there is comfort in the thought that God will be moved by our prayers.
Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.
Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
Whoever does not regard what he has as most ample wealth, is unhappy, though he be master of the world.
It is not so much our friends' help that helps As the confidence of their help.
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.
It is impossible to live pleasurably without living prudently, honorably, and justly; or to live prudently, honorably, and justly, without living pleasurably.
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.
Pleasure is the absence of pain in the body and of trouble in the soul.
The greater difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
The man who is not virtuous can never be happy.
Wealth consists not in having great possessions, But in having few wants.
Virtue consisteth of three parts, - temperance, fortitude, and justice.
It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls.
Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.
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