Epicurus

There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men.

— Epicurus

As if they were our own handiwork we place a high value on our characters.

— Epicurus

Natural wealth is limited and easily obtained; the wealth defined by vain fancies is always beyond reach.

— Epicurus

Most beautiful is the sight of those near and dear to us when our original kinship makes us of one mind.

— Epicurus

A world is a circumscribed portion of sky... it is a piece cut off from the infinite.

— Epicurus

The man least dependent upon the morrow goes to meet the morrow most cheerfully.

— Epicurus

Of all things which wisdom provides to make life entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.

— Epicurus

The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.

— Epicurus

Why should I fear death? If I am, death is not. If death is, I am not. Why should I fear that…

— Epicurus

“Death, therefore, the most awful of evils, is nothing to us, seeing that, when we are, death is not come, and, when…

— Epicurus

Death, the most dreaded of evils, is therefore of no concern to us; for while we exist death is not present, and…

— Epicurus

Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.

— Epicurus

A strict belief in fate is the worst of slavery, imposing upon our necks an everlasting lord and tyrant, whom we are…

— Epicurus

“Don't fear the gods, Don't worry about death; What is good is easy to get, and What is terrible is easy to…

— Epicurus

There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men in their various relations with…

— Epicurus

“It is not the pretended but the real pursuit of philosophy that is needed for we do not need the appearance of…

— Epicurus

“Unlike at the Academy or the Lyceum, women, some of them concubines and mistresses, as well as a few slaves, joined the…

— Epicurus

Whatsoever causes no annoyance when it is present, causes only a groundless pain in the expectation. Death, therefore, the most awful of…

— Epicurus

It is not the young man who should be considered fortunate but the old man who has lived well, because the young…

— Epicurus

Men, believing in myths, will always fear something terrible, everlasting punishment as certain or probable . . . Men base all these…

— Epicurus

Accustom yourself to believe that death is nothing to us, for good and evil imply awareness, and death is the privation of…

— Epicurus

When we say that pleasure is the end, we do not mean the pleasure of the profligate or that which depends on…

— Epicurus

Death is nothing to us: for after our bodies have been dissolved by death they are without sensation, and that which lacks…

— Epicurus

Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.

— Epicurus

Most men are in a coma when they are at rest and mad when they act.

— Epicurus

Nothing is sufficient for the person who finds sufficiency too little

— Epicurus

Let nothing be done in your life, which will cause you fear if it becomes known to your neighbor.

— Epicurus

Justice is a contract of expediency, entered upon to prevent men harming or being harmed.

— Epicurus

“if a person fights the clear evidence of his senses he will never be able to share in genuine tranquillity”

— Epicurus

“Orang yang ingin hidup tenteram, jangan menimbulkan kegalauan bagi dirinya sendiri mau pun bagi orang lain.”

— Epicurus

All friendship is desirable in itself, though it starts from the need of help

— Epicurus

The summit of pleasure is the elimination of all that gives pain.

— Epicurus

Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.

— Epicurus

“How unhappy are the lives of men! How purblind their hearts!”

— Epicurus

If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.

— Epicurus

There is nothing terrible in life for the man who realizes there is nothing terrible in death.

— Epicurus

If you would enjoy real freedom, you must be the slave of Philosophy.

— Epicurus

The fool, with all his other faults, has this also, he is always getting ready to live.

— Epicurus

“He who least needs tomorrow, will most gladly greet tomorrow.”

— Epicurus

We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink.

— Epicurus