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The time when you should most of all withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd.

Epicurus

It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.
EPICURUS

God Himself Man Obtain Power Pray
It is better for you to be free of fear lying upon a pallet, than to have a golden couch and a rich table and be full of trouble.
EPICURUS

Couch Fear Freedom Gold Inspirational Rich Table Trouble
Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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Enough Greedy Little Man Satisfaction
Never say that I have taken it, only that I have given it back.
EPICURUS

Charity Donation Giving never Positive
It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls.
EPICURUS

Against City Concern Death Ill Live Men Possible Security Wall
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.
EPICURUS

Desire Hope Inspirational Minimalism Remember Spoil
The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.
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Difficult Glory Hard Time Overcome Struggle
The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.
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Consequence Freedom Sufficient
The time when you should most of all withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd.
EPICURUS

Crowd Force Time Withdraw Yourself
If a little is not enough for you, nothing is.
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Enough Little Minimalism One Liner Satisfaction
Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.
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Abundance Joy Life Moderation Taste
Death is nothing to us. When we exist, death is not; and when death exists, we are not. All sensation and consciousness ends with death and therefore in death there is neither pleasure nor pain. The fear of death arises from the belief that in death, there is awareness.
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Awareness Conscious Death Existence Fear Life Pleasure Sensation
All friendship is desirable in itself, though it starts from the need of help.
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Desire Friendship Help Need Start
If you shape your life according to nature, you will never be poor; if according to people’s opinions, you will never be rich.
EPICURUS

Life Nature Opinion People Philosophy Poor Rich Shape
If the gods listened to the prayers of men, all humankind would quickly perish since they constantly pray for many evils to befall one another.
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Constant Evil God Human Listen Men Perish Prayer
The noble man is chiefly concerned with wisdom and friendship; of these, the former is a mortal good, the latter and immortal one.
EPICURUS

Concern Friendship Immortal Mortal Wisdom

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