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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

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
I was not, I was, I am not, I care not.
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Care Death Existence One Liner
He who is not satisfied with a little is satisfied with nothing.
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Little Philosophy Satisfaction Science
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
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
The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.
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Art Die Life Live
The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.
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Consequence Freedom Sufficient
Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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Enough Greedy Little Man Satisfaction
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
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
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
Freedom is the greatest fruit of self-sufficiency.
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Freedom Fruit Greatness One Liner
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
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
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
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

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