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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.

Epicurus

Contented poverty is an honorable estate.
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Estate Honor One Liner Poverty
He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.
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Deep Disturb Himself Mind Peace
Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.
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Abundance Joy Life Moderation Taste
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
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
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 should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink…
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Drink Eat Look
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
Never say that I have taken it, only that I have given it back.
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Charity Donation Giving never Positive
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
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
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
Empty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering.
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Argument Empty Human Philosophy Relieve Suffering
All friendship is desirable in itself, though it starts from the need of help.
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Desire Friendship Help Need Start
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
The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.
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Difficult Glory Hard Time Overcome Struggle
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
Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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Enough Greedy Little Man Satisfaction
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
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
When you die, your mind will be gone even faster than your body.
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Body Death Die Mind
The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.
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Consequence Freedom Sufficient
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
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
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
He who least needs tomorrow, will most gladly greet tomorrow.
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Deep Future Greet Inspirational
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

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