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Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.

Epicurus

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
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
Contented poverty is an honorable estate.
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Estate Honor One Liner Poverty
The wealth required by nature is limited and is easy to procure; but the wealth required by vain ideals extends to infinity.
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Easy Extend Ideal Infinite Limitation Nature Philosophy Requirement Wealth
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 greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.
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Difficult Glory Hard Time Overcome Struggle
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
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
All friendship is desirable in itself, though it starts from the need of help.
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Desire Friendship Help Need Start
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.
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Couch Fear Freedom Gold Inspirational Rich Table Trouble
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
Empty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering.
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Argument Empty Human Philosophy Relieve Suffering
The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.
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Consequence Freedom Sufficient
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
He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.
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Deep Disturb Himself Mind Peace
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

Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.

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