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It is better for you to be free of fear lying upon a pallet, than to have a golden couch and a rich table and be full of trouble.

Epicurus

The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.
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Art Die Life Live
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
Empty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering.
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Argument Empty Human Philosophy Relieve Suffering
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
Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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Enough Greedy Little Man Satisfaction
If you wish to make Pythocles rich, do not add to his store of money, but subtract from his desires.
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Declutter Desire Money Rich
When you die, your mind will be gone even faster than your body.
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Body Death Die Mind
We must exercise ourselves in the things which bring happiness, since, if that be present, we have everything, and, if that be absent, all our actions are directed toward attaining it.
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Action Attain Direction Exercise Happiness Ourselves Present
Don’t fear the gods, Don’t worry about death; What is good is easy to get, and What is terrible is easy to endure.
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Death Easy Endurance Fear God Terrible Worry
Death is nothing to us, because a body that has been dispersed into elements experiences no sensations, and the absence of sensation is nothing to us.
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Absence Death Element Sensation
Foolish is the man who says that he fears death, not because it will cause pain when it arrives but because anticipation of it is painful.
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Anticipation Arrive Cause Death Fear Fools Man Pain
You don’t develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.
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Adversity Challenge Courage Development Happiness Hard Time Relationship Survival
Justice is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.
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Compact Harm Justice Kind
I never desired to please the rabble. What pleased them, I did not learn; and what I knew was far removed from their understanding.
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Desire Learning Please Remove Understand
Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.
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Desire Hope Inspirational Minimalism Remember Spoil
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

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