It is vain to ask of the gods what man is capable of supplying for himself. — Epicurus Copy Share Image
Any man who does not think that what he has is more than ample, is an unhappy man, even if he is… — Epicurus Copy Share Image
Justice is a contract of expediency, entered upon to prevent men harming or being harmed. — Epicurus Copy Share Image
The man least dependent upon the morrow goes to meet the morrow most cheerfully. — Epicurus Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men. — Epicurus Copy Share Image
“If the gods listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever praying for evil… — Epicurus Copy Share Image
Happiness is man's greatest aim in life. Tranquility and rationality are the cornerstones of happiness. — Epicurus Copy Share Image
There is nothing terrible in life for the man who realizes there is nothing terrible in death. — Epicurus Copy Share Image
It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city… — Epicurus Copy Share Image
Let no young man delay the study of philosophy, and let no old man become weary of it; for it is never… — Epicurus Copy Share Image
The wise man neither rejects life nor fears death... just as he does not necessarily choose the largest amount of food, but,… — Epicurus Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men in their various relations with… — Epicurus Copy Share Image
Why should I fear death? If I am, then death is not. If Death is, then I am not. Why should I… — Epicurus Copy Share Image
Vain is the word of a philosopher which does not heal any suffering of man. For just as there is no profit… — Epicurus Copy Share Image
Fortune seldom troubles the wise man. Reason has controlled his greatest and most important affairs, controls them throughout his life, and will… — Epicurus Copy Share Image
Justice is never anything in itself, but in the dealings of men with one another in any place whatever and at any… — Epicurus Copy Share Image
Some men spend their whole life furnishing for themselves the things proper to life without realizing that at our birth each of… — Epicurus Copy Share Image
An irreligious man is not one who denies the gods of the majority, but one who applies to the gods the opinions… — Epicurus Copy Share Image
It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and honorably and justly, and it is impossible to live wisely… — Epicurus Copy Share Image
Men, believing in myths, will always fear something terrible, everlasting punishment as certain or probable . . . Men base all these… — Epicurus Copy Share Image
Men are so thoughtless, nay, so mad, that some, through fear of death, force themselves to die. — Epicurus Copy Share Image
The acquisition of riches has been for many men, not an end, but a change, of troubles. — Epicurus Copy Share Image
Natural justice is a compact resulting from expediency by which men seek to prevent one man from injuring others and to protect… — Epicurus Copy Share Image
The wise man who has become accustomed to necessities knows better how to share with others than how to take from them,… — Epicurus Copy Share Image
It is not the young man who should be considered fortunate but the old man who has lived well, because the young… — Epicurus Copy Share Image
Most beautiful is the sight of those near and dear to us when our original kinship makes us of one mind. — Epicurus Copy Share
Any man who does not think that what he has is more than ample, is an unhappy man, even if he is the master… — Epicurus Copy Share
“The opinions held by most people about the gods are not true conceptions of them but fallacious notions, according to which awful penalties are… — Epicurus Copy Share
Death is nothing to us: for that which is dissolved is without sensation; and that which lacks sensation is nothing to us. — Epicurus Copy Share
Neither one should hesitate about dedicating oneself to philosophy when young, nor should get tired of doing it when one's old, because no one… — Epicurus Copy Share
If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires. — Epicurus Copy Share
Injustice is not evil in itself, but only in the fear and apprehension that one will not escape those who have been set up… — Epicurus Copy Share
Riches do not exhilarate us so much with their possession as they torment us with their loss. — Epicurus Copy Share
I have never wished to cater to the crowd; for what I know they do not approve, and what they approve I do not… — Epicurus Copy Share
The pleasant life is not produced by continual drinking and dancing, nor sexual intercourse, nor rare dishes of sea food and other delicacies of… — Epicurus Copy Share
If the gods have the will to remove evil and cannot, then they are not all-powerful. If they are neither able nor willing, they… — Epicurus Copy Share
Of all things which wisdom provides to make life entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship. — Epicurus Copy Share
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 Copy Share
