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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.

Epicurus

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
Empty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering.
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Argument Empty Human Philosophy Relieve Suffering
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
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
The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.
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Art Die Life Live
We must exercise ourselves in the things which bring happiness, since, if that be present, we have everything, and, if that be absent, all our actions are directed toward attaining it.
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Action Attain Direction Exercise Happiness Ourselves Present
When you die, your mind will be gone even faster than your body.
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Body Death Die Mind
Contented poverty is an honorable estate.
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Estate Honor One Liner Poverty
Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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Enough Greedy Little Man Satisfaction
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
Vain is the word of that philosopher which does not heal any suffering of man.
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Healing Man Philosophy Suffering Vain Word
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
Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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Enough Greedy Little Man Satisfaction
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
Justice is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.
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Compact Harm Justice Kind
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

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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