The foolβs life is empty of gratitude and full of fears; its course lies wholly toward the future.
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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.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Appreciate what you currently have instead of longing for what you don't.
This quote by Epicurus emphasizes the importance of gratitude and contentment. It reminds us that our current possessions and circumstances were once simply dreams or desires, and by focusing on what we lack, we risk diminishing the joy of what we already have.
Themes
GratitudeContentmentAppreciationDesireHappiness
In practice
Example use cases
In a motivational speech about personal satisfaction and happiness.
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All quotes βAccustom yourself to believe that death is nothing to us, for good and evil imply awareness, and death is the privation of all awareness; therefore a right understanding that death is nothing to us makes the mortality of life enjoyable, not by adding to life an unlimited time, but by taking away the yearning after immortality. For life has no terror; for those who thoroughly apprehend that there are no terrors for them in ceasing to live.
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The wise man who has become accustomed to necessities knows better how to share with others than how to take from them, so great a treasure of self-sufficiency has he found.
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We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink.
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I was not, I was, I am not, I care not. (Non fui, fui, non sum, non curo)
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Of all the means to insure happiness throughout the whole life, by far the most important is the acquisition of friends.
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