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The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.

Epicurus

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
If you shape your life according to nature, you will never be poor; if according to people’s opinions, you will never be rich.
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Life Nature Opinion People Philosophy Poor Rich Shape
The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.
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Difficult Glory Hard Time Overcome Struggle
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
He who is not satisfied with a little is satisfied with nothing.
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Little Philosophy Satisfaction Science
When you die, your mind will be gone even faster than your body.
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Body Death Die Mind
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
Contented poverty is an honorable estate.
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Estate Honor One Liner Poverty
The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.
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Consequence Freedom Sufficient
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
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
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, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.
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Death Life Philosophy
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
Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.
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Abundance Constitution Enjoyment Inspirational
The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.
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Art Die Life Live

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