We cannot live pleasantly without living wisely and nobly and righteously
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Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.Epicurus
Those who tell the young man to live well and the old man to die well is nothing but a fool, not only for what life has in happiness to both young and old, but also for one must be careful in live honestly as well as die honestly.
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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.
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Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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A strict belief in fate is the worst of slavery, imposing upon our necks an everlasting lord and tyrant, whom we are to stand in awe of night and day.
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A strict belief in fate is the worst kind of slavery on the other hand, there is comfort in the thought that God will be moved by our prayers.
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