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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

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
Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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Enough Greedy Little Man Satisfaction
Let no one delay the study of philosophy while young nor weary of it when old.
EPICURUS

Delay Old Philosophy Study Young
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.
EPICURUS

Action Attain Direction Exercise Happiness Ourselves Present
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.
EPICURUS

Desire Hope Inspirational Minimalism Remember Spoil
Freedom is the greatest fruit of self-sufficiency.
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Freedom Fruit Greatness One Liner
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. 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.
EPICURUS

Awareness Conscious Death Existence Fear Life Pleasure Sensation
Contented poverty is an honorable estate.
EPICURUS

Estate Honor One Liner Poverty
Vain is the word of that philosopher which does not heal any suffering of man.
EPICURUS

Healing Man Philosophy Suffering Vain Word
Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.
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Beginning Ending Happiness Live Pleasure
All friendship is desirable in itself, though it starts from the need of help.
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Desire Friendship Help Need Start
If you wish to make Pythocles rich, do not add to his store of money, but subtract from his desires.
EPICURUS

Declutter Desire Money Rich
When you die, your mind will be gone even faster than your body.
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Body Death Die Mind
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
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

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