"Epicurus recommends bread and cheese as the staple, and his emphasis is more on avoiding pain than on seeking pleasure, insofar as pleasure-seeking tends to be followed by painful after-effects."

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Source : Source: www.3ammagazine.com

Catherine Wilson

#Pain Quotes #Pleasure Seeking Quotes #Bread Quotes

“Legitimate steps of self-defence which Israel takes in its war against Palestinian terror - actions which any sovereign state is obligated to undertake to ensure the security of its citizens - are presented by those who hate Israel as aggressive, Nazi-like steps.”
“Those who invoke history will certainly be heard by history. And they will have to accept its verdict.”
“If I hazard a guess as to the most endemic, prevalent anxiety among human beings-including fear of death, abandonment, loneliness-nothing is more prevalent than the fear of one another.”
“Say I Want to Feel Good when youre Tempted to Indulge in Low-Energy Thoughts”
“Your inner voice is the voice of divinity. To hear it, we need to be in solitude, even in crowded places.”
“Inside Laila too a battle was being waged : guilt on one side, partnered with shame, and, on the other, the conviction that what she and Tariq had done was not sinful; that it had been natural, good, beautiful, even inevitable, spurred by the knowledge that they might never see each other again.”
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“Once upon a time, my mother lived in the posh downtown of Homs, Syria. She described my grandfather as a king in a storybook, atop a horse, wearing a didashah and pointing a long arm.”

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