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The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.

Epicurus

Empty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering.
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Argument Empty Human Philosophy Relieve Suffering
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
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
Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.
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Beginning Ending Happiness Live Pleasure
The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.
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Difficult Glory Hard Time Overcome Struggle
He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.
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Deep Disturb Himself Mind Peace
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
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
All friendship is desirable in itself, though it starts from the need of help.
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Desire Friendship Help Need Start
The time when you should most of all withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd.
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Crowd Force Time Withdraw Yourself
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
Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.
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Abundance Joy Life Moderation Taste
Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.
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Beginning Ending Happiness Live Pleasure
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
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
We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink…
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