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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.

Epicurus

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.
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Desire Hope Inspirational Minimalism Remember Spoil
The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.
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Consequence Freedom Sufficient
Freedom is the greatest fruit of self-sufficiency.
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Freedom Fruit Greatness One Liner
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
Justice is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.
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Compact Harm Justice Kind
We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink…
EPICURUS

Drink Eat Look
The time when you should most of all withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd.
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Crowd Force Time Withdraw Yourself
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 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
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
If a little is not enough for you, nothing is.
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Enough Little Minimalism One Liner Satisfaction
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
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
He who is not satisfied with a little is satisfied with nothing.
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Little Philosophy Satisfaction Science
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
You don’t develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.
EPICURUS

Adversity Challenge Courage Development Happiness Hard Time Relationship Survival

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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