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“Those desires that do not bring pain if they are not satisfied are not necessary; and they are easily thrust aside whenever to satisfy them appears difficult or likely to cause injury.” (Epicurus, Principal Doctrine 26)
Translated by Russel Geer (1964)
Landscape with Farmhouses and Palm Trees by Camille Pissarro (1853)