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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

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
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 fool’s life is empty of gratitude and full of fears; its course lies wholly toward the future.
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Fear Fools Future Gratitude Life
Contented poverty is an honorable estate.
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Estate Honor One Liner Poverty
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
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
Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.
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Abundance Joy Life Moderation Taste
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, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.
EPICURUS

Death Life Philosophy
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
Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.
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Beginning Ending Happiness Live Pleasure
Never say that I have taken it, only that I have given it back.
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Charity Donation Giving never Positive
He who is not satisfied with a little is satisfied with nothing.
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Little Philosophy Satisfaction Science
If a little is not enough for you, nothing is.
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Enough Little Minimalism One Liner Satisfaction
The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.
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Art Die Life Live
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

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