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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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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
Death, therefore, the most awful of evils, is nothing to us, seeing that, when we are, death is not come, and, when death is come, we are not.
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Awful Death Philosophy Wisdom
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
Never say that I have taken it, only that I have given it back.
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Charity Donation Giving never Positive
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
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
Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.
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Abundance Constitution Enjoyment Inspirational
Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.
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Abundance Joy Life Moderation Taste
Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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Enough Greedy Little Man Satisfaction
Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.
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Beginning Ending Happiness Live Pleasure
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
The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.
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Consequence Freedom Sufficient
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
Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.
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Concern Death Existence Life
The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.
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Consequence Freedom Sufficient
Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.
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Beginning Ending Happiness Live Pleasure
We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink…
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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.
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Against City Concern Death Ill Live Men Possible Security Wall
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
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
He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.
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Deep Disturb Himself Mind Peace
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
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
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
He who least needs tomorrow, will most gladly greet tomorrow.
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Deep Future Greet Inspirational

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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