Pleasure Is The Beginning And The End

So Death, The Most Terrifying Of Ills, Is Nothing To Us, Since So Long As We Exist, Death Is Not With Us; But When Death Comes, Then We Do Not Exist. It Does Not Then Concern Either The Living Or The Dead, Since For The Former It Is Not, And The Latter Are No More.

Death Is Nothing To Us: For That Which Is Dissolved Is Without Sensation; And That Which Lacks Sensation Is Nothing To Us.

The Things You Really Need Are Few And Easy To Come By; But The Things You Can Imagine You Need Are Infinite, And You Will Never Be Satisfied.

I Have Never Wished To Cater To The Crowd; For What I Know They Do Not Approve, And What They Approve I Do Not Know.

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.