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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

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
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
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
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
Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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Enough Greedy Little Man Satisfaction
Justice is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.
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Compact Harm Justice Kind
Never say that I have taken it, only that I have given it back.
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Charity Donation Giving never Positive
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
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
Freedom is the greatest fruit of self-sufficiency.
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Freedom Fruit Greatness One Liner
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
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, 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
Death, therefore, the most awful of evils, is nothing to us, seeing that, when we are, death is not come, and, when death is come, we are not.
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Awful Death Philosophy Wisdom
All friendship is desirable in itself, though it starts from the need of help.
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Desire Friendship Help Need Start

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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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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