Quotes By Epicurus
Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.
Epicurus
Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.
Epicurus
It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and well and justly. And it is impossible to live wisely and well and justly without living a pleasant life.
Epicurus
If God listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever praying for evil against one another.
Epicurus
You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.
Epicurus
I never desired to please the rabble. What pleased them, I did not learn; and what I knew was far removed from their understanding.
Epicurus
It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls.
Epicurus
A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs.
Epicurus
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.
Epicurus
The time when most of you should withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd.
Epicurus
Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life.
Epicurus
It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.
Epicurus
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.
Epicurus