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Epicurus

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
Freedom is the greatest fruit of self-sufficiency.
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Freedom Fruit Greatness One Liner
The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.
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Art Die Life Live
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
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
The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.
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Consequence Freedom Sufficient
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 was not, I was, I am not, I care not.
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Care Death Existence One Liner
Death is nothing to us, because a body that has been dispersed into elements experiences no sensations, and the absence of sensation is nothing to us.
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Absence Death Element Sensation
Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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Enough Greedy Little Man Satisfaction
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.
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Concern Friendship Immortal Mortal Wisdom
Contented poverty is an honorable estate.
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Estate Honor One Liner Poverty
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

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