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When, therefore, we maintain that pleasure is the end, we do not mean the pleasures of profligates and those that consist in sensuality, as is suppose...more

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It is not so much our friends' help that helps us as the confidence of their help.

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The noble man is chiefly concerned with wisdom and friendship; of these, the former is a mortal good, the latter and immortal one.

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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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If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.

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If you wish to make Pythocles rich, do not add to his store of money, but subtract from his desires.

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It is not so much our friends' help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us.

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Accustom yourself to the belief that death is of no concern to us, since all good and evil lie in sensation and sensation ends with death. Therefore t...more

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27. Of all the means which are procured by wisdom to ensure happiness throughout the whole of life, by far the most important is the acquisition of fi...more