Fortune Seldom Troubles The Wise Man. Reason

Pleasure Is The Beginning And The End Of Living Happily. Epicurus Taught: Pleasure, Defined As Freedom From Pain, Is The Highest Good.

If The Gods Have The Will To Remove Evil And Cannot, Then They Are Not All-powerful. If They Are Neither Able Nor Willing, They Are Neither All-powerful Or Benevolent. If They Are Both Able And Willing To Annihilate Evil, Why Does It Exist?

My Garden Does Not Whet The Appetite; It Satisfies It. It Does Not Provoke Thirst Through Heedless Indulgence, But Slakes It By Proffering Its Natural Remedy. Amid Such Pleasures As These Have I Grown Old.

He Who Understands The Limits Of Life Knows That It Is Easy To Obtain That Which Removes The Pain Of Want And Makes The Whole Of Life Complete And Perfect. Thus He Has No Longer Any Need Of Things Which Involve Struggle.

A Blessed And Indestructible Being Has No Trouble Himself And Brings No Trouble Upon Any Other Being; So He Is Free From Anger And Partiality, For All Such Things Imply Weakness.