The misfortune of the wise is better than the prosperity of the fool.
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There is nothing to fear from gods, There is nothing to feel in death, Good can be attained, Evil can be enduredEpicurus
The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.
Epicurus
Those who tell the young man to live well and the old man to die well is nothing but a fool, not only for what life has in happiness to both young and old, but also for one must be careful in live honestly as well as die honestly.
Epicurus
It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.
Epicurus
It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls.
Epicurus
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
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