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

Epicurus

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
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
If a little is not enough for you, nothing is.
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Enough Little Minimalism One Liner Satisfaction
To eat and drink without a friend is to devour like the lion and the wolf.
EPICURUS

Drink Eat Friendship Funny Lion Wolf
Empty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering.
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Argument Empty Human Philosophy Relieve Suffering
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
He who least needs tomorrow, will most gladly greet tomorrow.
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Deep Future Greet Inspirational
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
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
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 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
When you die, your mind will be gone even faster than your body.
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Body Death Die Mind
The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.
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Art Die Life Live
Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.
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Abundance Joy Life Moderation Taste
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
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

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