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

Epicurus

When you die, your mind will be gone even faster than your body.
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Body Death Die Mind
Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.
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Abundance Joy Life Moderation Taste
Contented poverty is an honorable estate.
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Estate Honor One Liner Poverty
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
Never say that I have taken it, only that I have given it back.
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Charity Donation Giving never Positive
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
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
The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.
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Difficult Glory Hard Time Overcome Struggle
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
He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.
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Deep Disturb Himself Mind Peace
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
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
The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.
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Consequence Freedom Sufficient
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
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
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

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

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