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Epicurus

Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.
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Abundance Joy Life Moderation Taste
The wealth required by nature is limited and is easy to procure; but the wealth required by vain ideals extends to infinity.
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Easy Extend Ideal Infinite Limitation Nature Philosophy Requirement Wealth
He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.
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Deep Disturb Himself Mind Peace
Death, therefore, the most awful of evils, is nothing to us, seeing that, when we are, death is not come, and, when death is come, we are not.
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Awful Death Philosophy Wisdom
Contented poverty is an honorable estate.
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Estate Honor One Liner Poverty
Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.
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Abundance Constitution Enjoyment Inspirational
We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink…
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Drink Eat Look
Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.
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Beginning Ending Happiness Live Pleasure
Justice is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.
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Compact Harm Justice Kind
Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life.
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Course Interest Life Man Misfortune Reason Seldom Wise
All friendship is desirable in itself, though it starts from the need of help.
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Desire Friendship Help Need Start
If the gods listened to the prayers of men, all humankind would quickly perish since they constantly pray for many evils to befall one another.
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Constant Evil God Human Listen Men Perish Prayer
Of all the means to insure happiness throughout the whole life, by far the most important is the acquisition of friends.
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Friendship Happiness Important Life
It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.
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God Himself Man Obtain Power Pray
It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls.
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Against City Concern Death Ill Live Men Possible Security Wall
The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.
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Consequence Freedom Sufficient

I was not, I was, I am not, I care not.

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