Only the just man enjoys peace of mind
Epicurus
Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able?<br/>Then he is not omnipotent.<br/>Is he able, but not willing?<br/>Then he is malevolent.<br/>Is he both able and willing?<br/>Then whence cometh evil?<br/>Is he neither able nor willing?<br/>Then why call him God?
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The man least dependent upon the morrow goes to meet the morrow most cheerfully
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Freedom is the greatest fruit of self-sufficiency
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Of all the things which wisdom acquires to produce the blessedness of the complete life far the greatest is the possession of Friendship.
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The gods can either take away evil from the world and will not,<br/>or, being willing to do so, cannot; <br/>or they neither can nor will,<br/>or lastly, they are both able and willing.<br/><br/>If they have the will to remove evil and cannot, then they are not omnipotent.<br/>If they can, but will not, than they are not benevolent.<br/>If they are neither able nor willing, then they are neither omnipotent nor benevolent.<br/>Lastly, if they are both able and willing to annihilate evil, why does it exist?
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Neither one should hesitate about dedicating oneself to philosophy when young, nor should get tired of doing it when one's old, because no one is ever too young or too old to reach one's soul's healthy.
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We cannot live pleasantly without living wisely and nobly and righteously
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Let no one delay the study of philosophy while young nor weary of it when old
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If the gods listened to the prayers of men, all humankind would quickly perish since they constantly pray for many evils to befall one another
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It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.
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Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.
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Riches do not exhilarate us so much with their possession as they torment us with their loss.
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Of all the things which wisdom provides to make life entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship
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The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.
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