Epicurus: Use

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

“Death, therefore, the most awful of evils, is nothing to us, seeing that, when we are, death is not come, and, when death is come, we are not.”

Epicurus Letter to Menoeceus

“Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.”

“Natural justice is a symbol or expression of usefulness, to prevent one person from harming or being harmed by another.”

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Sovereign Maxims
Variant: Natural justice is a pledge of reciprocal benefit, to prevent one man from harming or being harmed by another.

“Luxurious food and drinks, in no way protect you from harm. Wealth beyond what is natural, is no more use than an overflowing container. Real value is not generated by theaters, and baths, perfumes or ointments, but by philosophy.”

From the esplanade wall at Oenoanda, now in Turkey, as recorded by Diogenes of Oenoanda

“Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.”