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It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.

Epicurus

Death is nothing to us. When we exist, death is not; and when death exists, we are not. All sensation and consciousness ends with death and therefore in death there is neither pleasure nor pain. The fear of death arises from the belief that in death, there is awareness.
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Awareness Conscious Death Existence Fear Life Pleasure Sensation
The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.
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Art Die Life Live
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
Let no one delay the study of philosophy while young nor weary of it when old.
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Delay Old Philosophy Study Young
Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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Enough Greedy Little Man Satisfaction
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
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
Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.
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Abundance Joy Life Moderation Taste
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
Never say that I have taken it, only that I have given it back.
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Charity Donation Giving never Positive
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
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
He who is not satisfied with a little is satisfied with nothing.
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Little Philosophy Satisfaction Science
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
Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.
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Death Life Philosophy
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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