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Never say that I have taken it, only that I have given it back.

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
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
Contented poverty is an honorable estate.
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Estate Honor One Liner Poverty
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
Justice is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.
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Compact Harm Justice Kind
Empty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering.
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Argument Empty Human Philosophy Relieve Suffering
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
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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Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.
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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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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.
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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 is not satisfied with a little is satisfied with nothing.
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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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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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Never say that I have taken it, only that I have given it back.

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