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Contented poverty is an honorable estate.

Epicurus

Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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Enough Greedy Little Man Satisfaction
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
All friendship is desirable in itself, though it starts from the need of help.
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Desire Friendship Help Need Start
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
Justice is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.
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Compact Harm Justice Kind
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
Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.
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Abundance Joy Life Moderation Taste
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
Freedom is the greatest fruit of self-sufficiency.
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Freedom Fruit Greatness One Liner
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
If a little is not enough for you, nothing is.
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Enough Little Minimalism One Liner Satisfaction
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
I was not, I was, I am not, I care not.
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Care Death Existence One Liner
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
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
Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.
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Beginning Ending Happiness Live Pleasure

Contented poverty is an honorable estate.

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