It is better to die of hunger ...

It is better to die of hunger having lived without grief and fear, than to live with a troubled spirit, amid abundance
It is better to die of hunger having lived without grief and fear, than to live with a troubled spirit, amid abundance

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Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them.
It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.
Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.
We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.