Riches do not exhilarate us so much with their possession as they torment us with their loss.
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There is nothing to fear from gods, There is nothing to feel in death, Good can be attained, Evil can be endured
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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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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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Thus that which is the most awful of evils, death, is nothing to us, since when we exist there is no death, and when there is death we do not exist
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It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and well and justly. And it is impossible to live wisely and well and justly without living a pleasant life.
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