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> [Remember that the future is neither ours nor wholly not ours, so that we may neither count on it as sure to come nor abandon hope of it as certain not to be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epicurus/remember-that-the-future-is-neither-ours-nor-wholly-not-ours-so-that/)

[Epicurus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epicurus/)

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## More by Epicurus

> [Most beautiful is the sight of those near and dear to us when our original kinship makes us of one mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epicurus/most-beautiful-is-the-sight-of-those-near-and-dear-to-us-when-our/)

[Epicurus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epicurus/)

> [Any man who does not think that what he has is more than ample, is an unhappy man, even if he is the master…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epicurus/any-man-who-does-not-think-that-what-he-has-is-more-than-ample-is-an/)

[Epicurus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epicurus/)

> [“The opinions held by most people about the gods are not true conceptions of them but fallacious notions, according to which awful penalties are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epicurus/the-opinions-held-by-most-people-about-the-gods-are-not-true/)

[Epicurus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epicurus/)

> [Death is nothing to us: for that which is dissolved is without sensation; and that which lacks sensation is nothing to us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epicurus/death-is-nothing-to-us-for-that-which-is-dissolved-is-without/)

[Epicurus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epicurus/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epicurus/neither-one-should-hesitate-about-dedicating-oneself-to-philosophy/)

[Epicurus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epicurus/)

> [If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epicurus/if-thou-wilt-make-a-man-happy-add-not-unto-his-riches-but-take-away/)

[Epicurus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epicurus/)

> [Being happy is knowing how to be content with little](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epicurus/being-happy-is-knowing-how-to-be-content-with-little/)

[Epicurus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epicurus/)

> [Injustice is not evil in itself, but only in the fear and apprehension that one will not escape those who have been set up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epicurus/injustice-is-not-evil-in-itself-but-only-in-the-fear-and-apprehension/)

[Epicurus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epicurus/)

> [Riches do not exhilarate us so much with their possession as they torment us with their loss.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epicurus/riches-do-not-exhilarate-us-so-much-with-their-possession-as-they/)

[Epicurus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epicurus/i-have-never-wished-to-cater-to-the-crowd-for-what-i-know-they-do-not/)

[Epicurus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epicurus/)

> [The pleasant life is not produced by continual drinking and dancing, nor sexual intercourse, nor rare dishes of sea food and other delicacies of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epicurus/the-pleasant-life-is-not-produced-by-continual-drinking-and-dancing/)

[Epicurus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epicurus/)

> [Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epicurus/be-moderate-in-order-to-taste-the-joys-of-life-in-abundance/)

[Epicurus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epicurus/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epicurus/if-the-gods-have-the-will-to-remove-evil-and-cannot-then-they-are-not/)

[Epicurus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epicurus/)

> [Of all things which wisdom provides to make life entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epicurus/of-all-things-which-wisdom-provides-to-make-life-entirely-happy-much/)

[Epicurus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epicurus/death-does-not-concern-us-because-as-long-as-we-exist-death-is-not/)

[Epicurus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epicurus/)

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