The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.
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Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.
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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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Contented poverty is an honorable estate.
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I was not, I was, I am not, I care not.
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He who least needs tomorrow, will most gladly greet tomorrow.
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We must, therefore, pursue the things that make for happiness, seeing that when happiness is present, we have everything; but when it is absent, we do everything to possess it.
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We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink…
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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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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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If a little is not enough for you, nothing is.
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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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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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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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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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