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To eat and drink without a friend is to devour like the lion and the wolf.

Epicurus

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
He who is not satisfied with a little is satisfied with nothing.
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Little Philosophy Satisfaction Science
We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink…
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Drink Eat Look
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.
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Charity Donation Giving never Positive
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
I was not, I was, I am not, I care not.
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Care Death Existence One Liner
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
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
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
When you die, your mind will be gone even faster than your body.
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Body Death Die Mind
Contented poverty is an honorable estate.
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Estate Honor One Liner Poverty
Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.
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Abundance Joy Life Moderation Taste
He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.
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Deep Disturb Himself Mind Peace
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
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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Concern Death Existence Life
If you wish to make Pythocles rich, do not add to his store of money, but subtract from his desires.
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Declutter Desire Money Rich
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
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
It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls.
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Against City Concern Death Ill Live Men Possible Security Wall
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
Empty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering.
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Argument Empty Human Philosophy Relieve Suffering
There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men.
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Abstract Compact Justice Men
If a little is not enough for you, nothing is.
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Enough Little Minimalism One Liner Satisfaction
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
The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.
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Consequence Freedom Sufficient
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

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