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Greek philosopher (341-270 BC) who believed that the world is a random combination of atoms and that pleasure is the highest good.

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A strict belief, 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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Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.

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Yeast will not only rise bread, but also the human spirit -Jim Carey

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In a philosophical dispute, he gains most who is defeated, since he learns most.

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Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not but remember that what you now have was once among the things only hoped for.

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The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.

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It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls.

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Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempest.

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Stay calm and pedal on

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He who is calm disturbs neither himself nor others.

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A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs...

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A lie gets half way around the world before the truth can get it's pants on.

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Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.

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Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things only hoped for.

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Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.

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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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I never desired to please the rabble. What pleased them, I did not learn; and what I knew was far removed from their understanding.

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If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.

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It is not so much our friends' help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us.

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It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men all live in a city without walls.

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Justice is a contract of expediency, entered upon to prevent men harming or being harmed.

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Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.

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Of all things which wisdom provides to make life entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.

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Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.

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The greater difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.

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The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.

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The guilty man may escape, but he cannot be sure of doing so.

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The man least dependent upon the morrow goes to meet the morrow most cheerfully.

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The time when most of you should withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd.

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There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men

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We do not so much need the help of our friends as the confidence of their help when in need.

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Gwen Dorough
Thank you for this. I didn't know much about him and now I think more highly of him.
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