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I have never wished to cater to the crowd; for what I know they do not approve, and what they approve I do not know.

Epicurus

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
Empty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering.
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Argument Empty Human Philosophy Relieve Suffering
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
I have never wished to cater to the crowd; for what I know they do not approve, and what they approve I do not know.
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Approve Be Yourself Crowd
He who least needs tomorrow, will most gladly greet tomorrow.
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Deep Future Greet Inspirational
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
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
Don’t fear the gods, Don’t worry about death; What is good is easy to get, and What is terrible is easy to endure.
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Death Easy Endurance Fear God Terrible Worry
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 a little is not enough for you, nothing is.
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Enough Little Minimalism One Liner Satisfaction
The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.
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Consequence Freedom Sufficient
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
He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.
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Deep Disturb Himself Mind Peace
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
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 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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