Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.

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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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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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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.

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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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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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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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If God listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever praying for evil against one another.

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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.

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