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It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls.

Epicurus

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
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
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
We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink…
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Drink Eat Look
I was not, I was, I am not, I care not.
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Care Death Existence One Liner
Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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Enough Greedy Little Man Satisfaction
Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.
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Abundance Constitution Enjoyment Inspirational
Empty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering.
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Argument Empty Human Philosophy Relieve Suffering
The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.
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Difficult Glory Hard Time Overcome Struggle
The wealth required by nature is limited and is easy to procure; but the wealth required by vain ideals extends to infinity.
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Easy Extend Ideal Infinite Limitation Nature Philosophy Requirement Wealth
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
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
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 is nothing to us. When we exist, death is not; and when death exists, we are not. All sensation and consciousness ends with death and therefore in death there is neither pleasure nor pain. The fear of death arises from the belief that in death, there is awareness.
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Awareness Conscious Death Existence Fear Life Pleasure Sensation

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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