--- title: "11 Ifs Quotes By Epicurus" description: "11 Ifs quotes by Epicurus. Plus more from Epicurus and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e0/epicurus-1642_enjoy_if-you-would-enjoy-real-freedom-you-must_1631874.jpg" --- > [If you would enjoy real freedom, you must be the slave of Philosophy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epicurus/if-you-would-enjoy-real-freedom-you-must-be-the-slave-of-philosophy/) [Epicurus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epicurus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e0/epicurus-1642_enjoy_if-you-would-enjoy-real-freedom-you-must_1631874.jpg) > [As if they were our own handiwork we place a high value on our characters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epicurus/as-if-they-were-our-own-handiwork-we-place-a-high-value-on-our/) [Epicurus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epicurus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af6/epicurus-1642_character_as-if-they-were-our-own-handiwork-we-pla_1940044.jpg) > [Any man who does not think that what he has is more than ample, is an unhappy man, even if he is…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f0/epicurus-1642_doe_any-man-who-does-not-think-that-what-he_19941.jpg) > [Let nothing be done in your life, which will cause you fear if it becomes known to your neighbor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epicurus/let-nothing-be-done-in-your-life-which-will-cause-you-fear-if-it/) [Epicurus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epicurus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/262/epicurus-1642_action_let-nothing-be-done-in-your-life-which-w_545729.jpg) > [What will happen to me if that which this desire seeks is achieved, and what if it is not?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epicurus/what-will-happen-to-me-if-that-which-this-desire-seeks-is-achieved/) [Epicurus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epicurus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55c/epicurus-1642_desire_what-will-happen-to-me-if-that-which-thi_256432.jpg) > [If death causes you no pain when you're dead, it is foolish to allow the fear of it to cause you pain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epicurus/if-death-causes-you-no-pain-when-you-re-dead-it-is-foolish-to-allow/) [Epicurus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epicurus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5a/epicurus-1642_causes_if-death-causes-you-no-pain-when-you-re_2618460.jpg) > [Those desires that do not bring pain if they are not satisfied are not necessary; and they are easily thrust aside whenever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epicurus/those-desires-that-do-not-bring-pain-if-they-are-not-satisfied-are/) [Epicurus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epicurus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/306/epicurus-1642_causes_those-desires-that-do-not-bring-pain-if_2989343.jpg) > [Either God wants to abolish evil, and cannot; or he can and does not want to. If he wants to, but cannot,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epicurus/either-god-wants-to-abolish-evil-and-cannot-or-he-can-and-does-not/) [Epicurus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epicurus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0b/epicurus-1642_abolish_either-god-wants-to-abolish-evil-and-can_1047697.jpg) > [Vain is the word of a philosopher which does not heal any suffering of man. For just as there is no profit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epicurus/vain-is-the-word-of-a-philosopher-which-does-not-heal-any-suffering/) [Epicurus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epicurus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd0/epicurus-1642_body_vain-is-the-word-of-a-philosopher-which_1477999.jpg) > [It is impossible for someone to dispel his fears about the most important matters if he doesn't know the nature of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epicurus/it-is-impossible-for-someone-to-dispel-his-fears-about-the-most/) [Epicurus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epicurus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/820/epicurus-1642_credence_it-is-impossible-for-someone-to-dispel-h_472261.jpg) > [If the gods have the will to remove evil and cannot, then they are not all-powerful. If they are neither able nor…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/311/epicurus-1642_able_if-the-gods-have-the-will-to-remove-evil_201292.jpg) ## Other authors on Ifs ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/epicurus/#itemlist", "name": "11 Ifs Quotes By Epicurus", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you would enjoy real freedom, you must be the slave of Philosophy.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Epicurus" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epicurus/if-you-would-enjoy-real-freedom-you-must-be-the-slave-of-philosophy/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e0/epicurus-1642_enjoy_if-you-would-enjoy-real-freedom-you-must_1631874.jpg", "contentUrl": 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