Of all things which wisdom provides to make life entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship. — 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
“Of all the things which wisdom acquires to produce the blessedness of the complete life, for the greatest is the possession of… — Epicurus Copy Share Image
“Death, therefore, the most awful of evils, is nothing to us, seeing that, when we are, death is not come, and, when… — Epicurus Copy Share Image
Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship. — Epicurus Copy Share Image
Let no one be slow to seek wisdom when he is young nor weary in the search of it when he has… — Epicurus Copy Share Image
“The noble man is chiefly concerned with wisdom and friendship; of these, the former is a mortal good, the latter and immortal… — 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
Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life. — Epicurus Copy Share Image
Both old and young alike ought to seek wisdom: the former in order that, as age comes over him, he may be… — 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
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
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
