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The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.

Epicurus

He who is not satisfied with a little is satisfied with nothing.
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Little Philosophy Satisfaction Science
Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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Enough Greedy Little Man Satisfaction
There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men.
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Abstract Compact Justice Men
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.
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Couch Fear Freedom Gold Inspirational Rich Table Trouble
Let no one delay the study of philosophy while young nor weary of it when old.
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Delay Old Philosophy Study Young
I have never wished to cater to the crowd; for what I know they do not approve, and what they approve I do not know.
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Approve Be Yourself Crowd
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
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
Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.
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Abundance Joy Life Moderation Taste
If a little is not enough for you, nothing is.
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Enough Little Minimalism One Liner Satisfaction
Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.
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Beginning Ending Happiness Live Pleasure
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
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
Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.
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Beginning Ending Happiness Live Pleasure
It is not so much our friends’ help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us.
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Confidence Friendship Help Knowledge
Never say that I have taken it, only that I have given it back.
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Charity Donation Giving never Positive
Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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Enough Greedy Little Man Satisfaction
To eat and drink without a friend is to devour like the lion and the wolf.
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Drink Eat Friendship Funny Lion Wolf
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
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
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
When you die, your mind will be gone even faster than your body.
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Body Death Die Mind
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
The noble man is chiefly concerned with wisdom and friendship; of these, the former is a mortal good, the latter and immortal one.
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Concern Friendship Immortal Mortal Wisdom
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
I was not, I was, I am not, I care not.
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Care Death Existence One Liner
The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.
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Consequence Freedom Sufficient

The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.

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