The flesh cries out for an end to hunger, an end to thirst, an end to cold. If a man has these, and is confident of having them in the future, he might contend in happiness even with Zeus.
Epicurean philosophy
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"We should rather laugh than weep at human life."
Strange & Unusual"I was never anxious to please the mob, for I have not learned what pleases it."
Strange & Unusual"The wise man laughs at fate, since he knows that some things happen by necessity, others by chance, and others through his own agency."
Strange & Unusual"Of all the means which wisdom acquires to ensure happiness throughout the whole of life, by far the most important is the possession of friends."
Controversial"We must not violate nature, but obey her. And we shall obey her if we fulfill the necessary desires and also the natural, if they bring no harm, but sternly reject the harmful."
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