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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

It is not so much our friends’ help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us.
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Confidence Friendship Help Knowledge
The wealth required by nature is limited and is easy to procure; but the wealth required by vain ideals extends to infinity.
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Easy Extend Ideal Infinite Limitation Nature Philosophy Requirement Wealth
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
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
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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Absence Happiness Posses Present Pursue
Contented poverty is an honorable estate.
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Estate Honor One Liner Poverty
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
To eat and drink without a friend is to devour like the lion and the wolf.
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Drink Eat Friendship Funny Lion Wolf
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
When you die, your mind will be gone even faster than your body.
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Body Death Die Mind
If a little is not enough for you, nothing is.
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Enough Little Minimalism One Liner Satisfaction
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
All friendship is desirable in itself, though it starts from the need of help.
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Desire Friendship Help Need Start
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
Justice is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.
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He who least needs tomorrow, will most gladly greet tomorrow.
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Deep Future Greet Inspirational

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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