It is better to be unhappy and reasonable than happy and unreasonable.
Epicurean philosophy
From his teachings, recorded in fragments
3rd century BCE
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"The man who is most blessed is he who has the fewest wants."
Strange & Unusual"The limit of quantity in pleasures is the removal of all that is painful. Wherever and whenever this is present, pleasure is no longer increased, but has reached its stationary maximum."
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