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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

Justice is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.
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Compact Harm Justice Kind
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
Freedom is the greatest fruit of self-sufficiency.
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Freedom Fruit Greatness One Liner
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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Course Interest Life Man Misfortune Reason Seldom Wise
You don’t develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.
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Adversity Challenge Courage Development Happiness Hard Time Relationship Survival
There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men.
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Abstract Compact Justice Men
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
When you die, your mind will be gone even faster than your body.
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Body Death Die Mind
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 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
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
Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.
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Abundance Constitution Enjoyment Inspirational
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
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
If a little is not enough for you, nothing is.
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Enough Little Minimalism One Liner Satisfaction
The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.
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Consequence Freedom Sufficient

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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