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I never desired to please the rabble. What pleased them, I did not learn; and what I knew was far removed from their understanding.

Epicurus

He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.
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Deep Disturb Himself Mind Peace
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
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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Absence Happiness Posses Present Pursue
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
Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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Enough Greedy Little Man Satisfaction
Empty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering.
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Argument Empty Human Philosophy Relieve Suffering
Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.
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Abundance Joy Life Moderation Taste
Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.
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Death Life Philosophy
The fool’s life is empty of gratitude and full of fears; its course lies wholly toward the future.
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Fear Fools Future Gratitude Life
He who least needs tomorrow, will most gladly greet tomorrow.
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Deep Future Greet Inspirational
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
Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.
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Beginning Ending Happiness Live Pleasure
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
Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.
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Concern Death Existence Life
Never say that I have taken it, only that I have given it back.
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Charity Donation Giving never Positive
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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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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