A Strict Belief In Fate Is The

Why Should I Fear Death? If I Am, Death Is Not. If Death Is, I Am Not. Why Should I Fear That Which Can Only Exist When I Do Not?

He Who Says Either That The Time For Philosophy Has Not Yet Come Or That It Has Passed Is Like Someone Who Says That The Time For Happiness Has Not Yet Come Or That It Has Passed.

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.

Stranger, Here You Will Do Well To Tarry; Here Our Highest Good Is Pleasure.

Do Not Spoil What You Have By Desiring What You Have Not; Remember That What You Now Have Was Once Among The Things You Only Hoped For.