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

Epicurus

If a little is not enough for you, nothing is.
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Enough Little Minimalism One Liner Satisfaction
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
Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.
EPICURUS

Desire Hope Inspirational Minimalism Remember Spoil
Never say that I have taken it, only that I have given it back.
EPICURUS

Charity Donation Giving never Positive
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
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
The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.
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Difficult Glory Hard Time Overcome Struggle
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
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
The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.
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Consequence Freedom Sufficient
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
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
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
All friendship is desirable in itself, though it starts from the need of help.
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Desire Friendship Help Need Start
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
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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