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Of the thousands who have paid homage to virtue, barely one has thought to inspect the pedestal on which it stands.

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I feel virtuous because my soul is at ease.
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As you say of yourself, I too am an Epicurean. I consider the genuine (not the imputed) doctrines of Epicurus as containing everything rational in moral philosophy which Greece and Rome have left us.

[Letter to William Short, 31 October 1819]
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The impassive soul disturbs neither itself nor others.
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The sciences have ever been the surest guides to virtue.
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Epicurus said you should live for pleasure - adding that nothing brings more pleasure than a little sun and a glass of water. It is on this principle that our conjugal existence has rested for three years, devoted to making love, reading, eating excellent meals, spending a few days in a nice hotel by the sea, visiting out friends (not very many, all without children), going to concerts and movies, sleeping, cultivating our garden.
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