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"Of all the means to insure happiness throughout the whole life, by far the most important is the acquisition of friends."
"It is not so much our friends' help that helps us as the confident knowledge that we have friends."
"Misconceptions and ignorance are the root cause of all evil."
"The first wealth is health."
"Not what we have but what we enjoy constitutes our abundance."
"We do not so much need the help of our friends as the confidence of their help."
"A happy and eternal being has no trouble himself and brings no trouble upon any other being; hence he is exempt from movements of anger and partiality, for every such movement implies weakness."
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"He who is serene disrupts neither himself or others."
"Natural justice is a symbol or expression of usefulness, to prevent one person from harming or being harmed by another."
"The noble soul occupies itself with wisdom and friendship; of these, the former is a mortal good, the latter an immortal one."
"He who eats but not delights in eating is just like him who bathes but does not delight in bathing."
"Strange, isn't it? Our entire life can go by without us noticing how it's laid out. It's like a jig-saw puzzle with the whole puzzle laid out in front of us."
"Not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, is poor."
"We must meditate not only upon death but upon the eternity of time, and on all that is to come, as if we had to live up until then."
"It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and honorably and justly, and it is impossible to live wisely and honorably and justly without living pleasantly."
"Of all the things that wisdom provides to help one live one's entire life in happiness, the greatest by far is the possession of friendship."
"Self-sufficiency is the greatest wealth."
"He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another."
"It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself."
"Vain is the word of a philosopher which does not heal any suffering of man."
"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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"If you wish to be loved, love."
"The time when most of you should withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd."
"Natural wealth is limited and easily obtained; the wealth defined by vain ideals is always beyond reach."
"He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has."
"It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and well and justly."
"Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist."
"You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships every day. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity."
"It is not possible to live well today unless you treat it as your last day."
"Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things that you only hoped for."
"A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs."
"Self-sufficiency is the greatest of all wealth."
"Nothing sways the stupid more than arguments they can't understand."
"Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for."
"He who is not satisfied with a little, is satisfied with nothing."
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"Nothing is enough to the man for whom enough is too little."
"Of all the means which wisdom acquires to ensure happiness throughout the whole of life, by far the most important is friendship."
"Not what we have, but what we enjoy constitutes our abundance."
"Of all things, the chief is to avoid eating your heart out in worry."
"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."
"It is impossible for a man who secretly violates the terms of the agreement not to harm his neighbor openly."
"Accustom yourself to the belief that death is of no concern to us, since all good and evil lie in sensation and sensation ends with death."
"Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance."
"The noble man is most involved with wisdom and friendship; of these, the former is a mortal good, the latter and immortal one."
"It's not what we eat but what we digest that makes us strong; not what we gain but what we save that makes us rich; not what we read but what we remember that makes us learned; and not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity."
"The wise man who has become accustomed to necessities knows better how to share with others than how to take from them, so great a treasure of self-sufficiency has he found."
"The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests."
"Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not."
"He who is not satisfied with a little is satisfied with nothing."
"It is not so much our friends' help that helps us, as the confidence of their help."
"Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship."
"The misfortune of the wise is better than the prosperity of the fool."
"The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it."
"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."
"We do not so much need the help of our friends as the confidence of their help in need."
"Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little."
"Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?"
"Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance."
"He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself, nor another."
"Don't fear god, don't worry about death; what is good is easy to get, and what is terrible is easy to endure."
"The wealth required by nature is limited and is easy to procure; but the wealth required by vain ideals extends to infinity."
"The art of living well and the art of dying well are one."
"Poverty does not consist in the decrease of one's possessions, but in the increase of greed."
"Let no one be slow to seek wisdom when he is young nor weary in the search of it when he has grown old. For no age is too early or too late for the health of the soul."
"The greatest fruit of self-sufficiency is freedom."
"Not what we have, but what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance."
"If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires."
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