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Most men are in a coma when they are at rest and mad when they act.

Epicurus

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I was not I have been I am not I do not mind.
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We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink.
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Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.
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All sensations are true pleasure is our natural goal.
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Men are so thoughtless, nay, so mad, that some, through fear of death, force themselves to die.
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What men fear is not that death is annihilation but that it is not.
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Don't fear god, Don't worry about death What is good is easy to get, and What is terrible is easy to endure
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