I am an Epicurean. I consider the genuine (not the imputed) doctrines of Epicurus as containing everything rational in moral philosophy which Greek and Roman leave to us.

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The natural cause of the human mind is certainly from credulity to skepticism.

The natural cause of the human mind is certainly from credulity to skepticism.

Traveling makes a man wiser, but less happy.

Traveling makes a man wiser, but less happy.

There is not a sprig of grass that shoots uninteresting to me.

There is not a sprig of grass that shoots uninteresting to me.

The most truthful part of a newspaper is the advertisements

The most truthful part of a newspaper is the advertisements

I find that he is happiest of whom the world says least, good or bad.

I find that he is happiest of whom the world says least, good or bad.

No one can be reasonable and angry at the same time

No one can be reasonable and angry at the same time

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

None but an armed nation can dispense with a standing army. To keep ours armed...

None but an armed nation can dispense with a standing army. To keep ours armed...

A little rebellion now and then... is a medicine necessary for the sound health of...

A little rebellion now and then... is a medicine necessary for the sound health of...

The wise know too well their weakness to assume infallibility; and he who knows most,...

The wise know too well their weakness to assume infallibility; and he who knows most,...

No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, and no...

No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, and no...

The second office of this government is honorable and easy, the first is but a...

The second office of this government is honorable and easy, the first is but a...

You have to have your heart in the business and the business in your heart.

You have to have your heart in the business and the business in your heart.

How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened.

How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened.

I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may...

I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may...

A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on...

A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on...

Christianity is the most perverted system that ever shone on man

Christianity is the most perverted system that ever shone on man

Don't talk about what you have done or what you are going to do.

Don't talk about what you have done or what you are going to do.

He who knows best knows how little he knows.

He who knows best knows how little he knows.

A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit.

A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit.