Vain is the word of that philosopher which does not heal any suffering of man.
EPICURUSFreedom is the greatest fruit of self-sufficiency.
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He who least needs tomorrow, will most gladly greet tomorrow.
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If a little is not enough for you, nothing is.
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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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The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.
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It is not so much our friends’ help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us.
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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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Justice is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.
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Never say that I have taken it, only that I have given it back.
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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.
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I never desired to please the rabble. What pleased them, I did not learn; and what I knew was far removed from their understanding.
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Empty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering.
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The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.
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Freedom is the greatest fruit of self-sufficiency.
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Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life.
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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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