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

Epicurus

All friendship is desirable in itself, though it starts from the need of help.
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Desire Friendship Help Need Start
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 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
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
Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.
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Abundance Joy Life Moderation Taste
The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.
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Consequence Freedom Sufficient
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
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 must, therefore, pursue the things that make for happiness, seeing that when happiness is present, we have everything; but when it is absent, we do everything to possess it.
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Absence Happiness Posses Present Pursue
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
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
Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.
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Beginning Ending Happiness Live Pleasure
Justice is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.
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Compact Harm Justice Kind
Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.
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Abundance Constitution Enjoyment Inspirational
Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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Enough Greedy Little Man Satisfaction
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
Freedom is the greatest fruit of self-sufficiency.
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Freedom Fruit Greatness One Liner
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
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
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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Couch Fear Freedom Gold Inspirational Rich Table Trouble
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
He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.
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Deep Disturb Himself Mind Peace
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
I was not, I was, I am not, I care not.
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Care Death Existence One Liner
Contented poverty is an honorable estate.
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Estate Honor One Liner Poverty
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

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

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