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The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.

Epicurus

Justice is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.
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Compact Harm Justice Kind
Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.
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Beginning Ending Happiness Live Pleasure
He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.
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Deep Disturb Himself Mind Peace
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
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, 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
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
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
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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Death Easy Endurance Fear God Terrible Worry
Never say that I have taken it, only that I have given it back.
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Charity Donation Giving never Positive
If a little is not enough for you, nothing is.
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Enough Little Minimalism One Liner Satisfaction
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
Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.
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Abundance Constitution Enjoyment Inspirational
All friendship is desirable in itself, though it starts from the need of help.
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Desire Friendship Help Need Start
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
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

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