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There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men.

Epicurus

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
The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.
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Difficult Glory Hard Time Overcome Struggle
He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.
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Deep Disturb Himself Mind Peace
The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.
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Consequence Freedom Sufficient
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
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
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
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
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
Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.
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Beginning Ending Happiness Live Pleasure
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
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 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
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
All friendship is desirable in itself, though it starts from the need of help.
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Desire Friendship Help Need Start
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

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