The pleasant life is not produced by continual drinking and dancing, nor sexual intercourse, nor rare dishes of sea food and other… — Epicurus Copy Share Image
Of all things which wisdom provides to make life entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship. — Epicurus Copy Share Image
Of all the gifts that wise Providence grants us to make life full and happy, friendship is the most beautiful. — Epicurus Copy Share Image
We cannot live pleasantly without living wisely and nobly and righteously — 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
Happiness is man's greatest aim in life. Tranquility and rationality are the cornerstones of happiness. — Epicurus Copy Share Image
Those who tell the young man to live well and the old man to die well is nothing but a fool, not… — Epicurus Copy Share Image
Let nothing be done in your life, which will cause you fear if it becomes known to your neighbor. — Epicurus Copy Share Image
“Accustom yourself to the belief that death is of no concern to us, since all good and evil lie in sensation and… — Epicurus Copy Share Image
Whatsoever causes no annoyance when it is present, causes only a groundless pain in the expectation. Death, therefore, the most awful of… — Epicurus Copy Share Image
He who understands the limits of life knows that it is easy to obtain that which removes the pain of want and… — 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
Death is meaningless to the living because they are living, and meaningless to the dead… because they are dead. — Epicurus Copy Share Image
“Thus that which is the most awful of evils, death, is nothing to us, since when we exist there is no death,… — Epicurus Copy Share Image
The flesh believes that pleasure is limitless and that it requires unlimited time; but the mind, understanding the end and limit of… — Epicurus Copy Share Image
The fool’s life is empty of gratitude and full of fears; its course lies wholly toward the future. — Epicurus Copy Share Image
It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and honorably and justly, and it is impossible to live wisely… — Epicurus Copy Share Image
We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink, for dining alone is… — 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
So death, the most terrifying of ills, is nothing to us, since so long as we exist, death is not with us;… — Epicurus Copy Share Image
Some men spend their whole life furnishing for themselves the things proper to life without realizing that at our birth each of… — 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
Most beautiful is the sight of those near and dear to us when our original kinship makes us of one mind. — Epicurus Copy Share Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires. — Epicurus Copy Share Image
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 Image
Riches do not exhilarate us so much with their possession as they torment us with their loss. — Epicurus Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
