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Philosoph, sein Grundsatz lautete: "Suche das Glück als Leben in Freude und Lust ohne Schmerzen und Unruhe", Begründer des Epikureismus (Griechenland, 341 - 270 v. Chr.).

Epikur · Geburtsdatum · Sterbedatum

Geboren am 17.05.-341 in Samos
Gestorben am 31.12.-270 in Athen
Sternzeichen: ♉ Stier

• Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.

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• It is better for you to be free of fear lying upon a pallet, than to have a golden couch and a rich table and be full of trouble.

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• It is impossible to live pleasurably without living prudently, honorably, and justly; or to live prudently, honorably, and justly, without living pleasurably.

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

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• Justice . . . is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.

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• Man was not intended by nature to live in communities and be civilized.

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• Only the just man enjoys peace of mind.

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• Pleasure is the absence of pain in the body and of trouble in the soul.

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• Pleasure is the first good. It is the beginning of every choice and every aversion. It is the absence of pain in the body and of troubles in the soul.

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• The greater difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.

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• The man least dependent upon the morrow goes to meet the morrow most cheerfully.

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• The man who is not virtuous can never be happy.

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• The wise man thinks of fame just enough to avoid being despised.

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• There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men.

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• Virtue consisteth of three parts, - temperance, fortitude, and justice.

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• Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.

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• Whoever does not regard what he has as most ample wealth, is unhappy, though he be master of the world.

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• À propos de chaque désir, il faut se poser cette question: « Quel avantage résultera-t-il si je ne le satisfais pas? »

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• Chez la plupart des hommes, le calme est léthargie, l'émotion fureur.

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• La nécessité est un mal, il n'y a aucune nécessité de vivre sous l'empire de la nécessité.

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