The wealth required by nature is limited and is easy to procure; but the wealth required by vain ideals extends to infinity.
EPICURUSEmpty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering.
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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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The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.
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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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Never say that I have taken it, only that I have given it back.
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To eat and drink without a friend is to devour like the lion and the wolf.
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Freedom is the greatest fruit of self-sufficiency.
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He who is not satisfied with a little is satisfied with nothing.
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We must, therefore, pursue the things that make for happiness, seeing that when happiness is present, we have everything; but when it is absent, we do everything to possess it.
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He who least needs tomorrow, will most gladly greet tomorrow.
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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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The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.
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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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Vain is the word of that philosopher which does not heal any suffering of man.
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Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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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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