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Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent.
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A blessed and indestructible being has no trouble himself and brings no trouble upon any other being so he is free from anger and partiality, for all such things imply weakness.
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Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?
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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.
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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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The fool’s life is empty of gratitude and full of fears its course lies wholly toward the future.
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Any man who does not think that what he has is more than ample, is an unhappy man, even if he is the master of the whole world.
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Death, the most dreaded of evils, is therefore of no concern to us for while we exist death is not present, and when death is present we no longer exist.
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All friendship is desirable in itself, though it starts from the need of help
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Fortune seldom troubles the wise man. Reason has controlled his greatest and most important affairs, controls them throughout his life, and will continue to control them.
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He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.
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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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It is impossible for someone to dispel his fears about the most important matters if he doesn't know the nature of the universe but still gives some credence to myths. So without the study of nature there is no enjoyment of pure pleasure.
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He who doesn't find a little enough will find nothing enough.
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We must, therefore, pursue the things that make for happiness, seeing that when happiness is present, we have everything but when it is absent, we do everything to possess it.
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The pleasant life is not produced by continual drinking and dancing, nor sexual intercourse, nor rare dishes of sea food and other delicacies of a luxurious table. On the contrary, it is produced by sober reasoning which examines the motives for every choice and avoidance, driving away beliefs which are the source of mental disturbances.
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He who is not satisfied with a little, is satisfied with nothing .
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