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The noble man is chiefly concerned with wisdom and friendship; of these, the former is a mortal good, the latter and immortal one.

Epicurus

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
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
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
He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.
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Deep Disturb Himself Mind Peace
He who is not satisfied with a little is satisfied with nothing.
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Little Philosophy Satisfaction Science
Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.
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Beginning Ending Happiness Live Pleasure
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
He who least needs tomorrow, will most gladly greet tomorrow.
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Deep Future Greet Inspirational
The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.
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Art Die Life Live
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
The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.
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Consequence Freedom Sufficient
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
Empty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering.
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Argument Empty Human Philosophy Relieve Suffering
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
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
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

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