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If you shape your life according to nature, you will never be poor; if according to people’s opinions, you will never be rich.

Epicurus

Freedom is the greatest fruit of self-sufficiency.
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Freedom Fruit Greatness One Liner
The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.
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Art Die Life Live
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, 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
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
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
When you die, your mind will be gone even faster than your body.
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Body Death Die Mind
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
The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.
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Consequence Freedom Sufficient
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
Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life.
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Course Interest Life Man Misfortune Reason Seldom Wise
Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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Enough Greedy Little Man Satisfaction
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
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
Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.
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Abundance Joy Life Moderation Taste
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

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