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He who is not satisfied with a little is satisfied with nothing.

Epicurus

The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.
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Consequence Freedom Sufficient
He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.
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Deep Disturb Himself Mind Peace
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
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
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
Death is nothing to us, because a body that has been dispersed into elements experiences no sensations, and the absence of sensation is nothing to us.
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Absence Death Element Sensation
He who is not satisfied with a little is satisfied with nothing.
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Little Philosophy Satisfaction Science
Empty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering.
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Argument Empty Human Philosophy Relieve Suffering
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
He who least needs tomorrow, will most gladly greet tomorrow.
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Deep Future Greet Inspirational
Justice is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.
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Compact Harm Justice Kind
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
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
Freedom is the greatest fruit of self-sufficiency.
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Freedom Fruit Greatness One Liner
If a little is not enough for you, nothing is.
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Enough Little Minimalism One Liner Satisfaction

He who is not satisfied with a little is satisfied with nothing.

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