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If you wish to make Pythocles rich, do not add to his store of money, but subtract from his desires.

Epicurus

I was not, I was, I am not, I care not.
EPICURUS

Care Death Existence One Liner
The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.
EPICURUS

Difficult Glory Hard Time Overcome Struggle
I never desired to please the rabble. What pleased them, I did not learn; and what I knew was far removed from their understanding.
EPICURUS

Desire Learning Please Remove Understand
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.
EPICURUS

Death Easy Endurance Fear God Terrible Worry
Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.
EPICURUS

Abundance Joy Life Moderation Taste
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.
EPICURUS

Absence Death Element Sensation
Never say that I have taken it, only that I have given it back.
EPICURUS

Charity Donation Giving never Positive
When you die, your mind will be gone even faster than your body.
EPICURUS

Body Death Die Mind
The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.
EPICURUS

Consequence Freedom Sufficient
The time when you should most of all withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd.
EPICURUS

Crowd Force Time Withdraw Yourself
Let no one delay the study of philosophy while young nor weary of it when old.
EPICURUS

Delay Old Philosophy Study Young
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.
EPICURUS

Approve Be Yourself Crowd
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
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
The wealth required by nature is limited and is easy to procure; but the wealth required by vain ideals extends to infinity.
EPICURUS

Easy Extend Ideal Infinite Limitation Nature Philosophy Requirement Wealth
It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls.
EPICURUS

Against City Concern Death Ill Live Men Possible Security Wall

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