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Empty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering.

Epicurus

Contented poverty is an honorable estate.
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Estate Honor One Liner Poverty
I was not, I was, I am not, I care not.
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Care Death Existence One Liner
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
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
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 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
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
Justice is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.
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Compact Harm Justice Kind
Foolish is the man who says that he fears death, not because it will cause pain when it arrives but because anticipation of it is painful.
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Anticipation Arrive Cause Death Fear Fools Man Pain
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
If a little is not enough for you, nothing is.
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Enough Little Minimalism One Liner Satisfaction
All friendship is desirable in itself, though it starts from the need of help.
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Desire Friendship Help Need Start
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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Adversity Challenge Courage Development Happiness Hard Time Relationship Survival
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
We must exercise ourselves in the things which bring happiness, since, if that be present, we have everything, and, if that be absent, all our actions are directed toward attaining it.
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Action Attain Direction Exercise Happiness Ourselves Present
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

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