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The Pleasant Life Is Not Produced By Continual Drinking And Dancing, Nor Sexual Intercourse, Nor Rare Dishes Of Sea Food And Other Delicacies Of A Luxurious Table. On The Contrary, It Is Produced By Sober Reasoning Which Examines The Motives For Every Choice And Avoidance, Driving Away Beliefs Which Are The Source Of Mental Disturbances.

Death, The Most Dreaded Of Evils, Is Therefore Of No Concern To Us; For While We Exist Death Is Not Present, And When Death Is Present We No Longer Exist.

Without Confidence, There Is No Friendship.

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When We Say That Pleasure Is The End, We Do Not Mean The Pleasure Of The Profligate Or That Which Depends On Physical Enjoyment--as Some Think Who Do Not Understand Our Teachings, Disagree With Them, Or Give Them An Evil Interpretation--but By Pleasure We Mean The State Wherein The Body Is Free From Pain And The Mind From Anxiety.