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Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.

Epicurus

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
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
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 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
He who least needs tomorrow, will most gladly greet tomorrow.
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Deep Future Greet Inspirational
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, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.
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Death Life Philosophy
Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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Enough Greedy Little Man Satisfaction
Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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Enough Greedy Little Man Satisfaction
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
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
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
Don’t fear the gods, Don’t worry about death; What is good is easy to get, and What is terrible is easy to endure.
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Death Easy Endurance Fear God Terrible Worry
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
Vain is the word of that philosopher which does not heal any suffering of man.
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Healing Man Philosophy Suffering Vain Word
When you die, your mind will be gone even faster than your body.
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Body Death Die Mind
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
Freedom is the greatest fruit of self-sufficiency.
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Freedom Fruit Greatness One Liner
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 has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.
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Deep Disturb Himself Mind Peace
If a little is not enough for you, nothing is.
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Enough Little Minimalism One Liner Satisfaction
I was not, I was, I am not, I care not.
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Care Death Existence One Liner
Of all the means to insure happiness throughout the whole life, by far the most important is the acquisition of friends.
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Friendship Happiness Important Life
Never say that I have taken it, only that I have given it back.
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Charity Donation Giving never Positive
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

Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.

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