Epicurus

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"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."

— Epicurus (341-270BC)

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"Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?"

— Epicurus (341-270BC)

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"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."

— Epicurus (341-270BC)

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"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?"

— Epicurus (341-270BC)

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

— Epicurus (341-270BC)

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

— Epicurus (341-270BC)

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

— Epicurus (341-270BC)

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"Being happy is knowing how to be content with little."

— Epicurus (341-270BC)

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

— Epicurus (341-270BC)

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"Do everything like someone is gazing at you."

— Epicurus (341-270BC)

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

— Epicurus (341-270BC)

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"Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempest."

— Epicurus (341-270BC)

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

— Epicurus (341-270BC)