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Friend Quotes by Epicurus

8 Friend quotes by Epicurus

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Epicurus’s brief collection of friendship sayings distills his philosophical belief that shared joy and mutual support are essential to a good life. In eight compact lines, the ancient thinker offers timeless guidance on cultivating harmonious relationships.

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

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Of all the gifts that wise Providence grants us to make life full and happy, friendship is the most beautiful.

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Without confidence, there is no friendship.

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“Of all the things which wisdom acquires to produce the blessedness of the complete life, for the greatest is the possession of…

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Of all the means to insure happiness throughout the whole life, by far the most important is the acquisition of friends.

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

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

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Many friends are the key to happiness

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

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Being happy is knowing how to be content with little

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Injustice is not evil in itself, but only in the fear and apprehension that one will not escape those who have been set up…

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Riches do not exhilarate us so much with their possession as they torment us with their loss.

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I have never wished to cater to the crowd; for what I know they do not approve, and what they approve I do not…

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

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Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.

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