All Epicurus Quotes
- It is better for you to be free of fear lying upon a pallet, than to have a golden couch and a rich table and… Better
- A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs. Acquire
- The art of living well and the art of dying well are one. Accountability
- Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little. Abundance
- If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires. Add
- I never desired to please the rabble. What pleased them, I did not learn; and what I knew was far removed from their understanding. Desire
- The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it. Aristocracy
- Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempest. From
- The misfortune of the wise is better than the prosperity of the fool. Adversity
- It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and well and justly. And it is impossible to live wisely and well and… Happiness
- It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls. Ancient Greek
- I would rather be first in a little Iberian village than second in Rome. Attitude
- The time when most of you should withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd. Crowd
- Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life. Course
- Riches do not exhilarate us so much with their possession as they torment us with their loss. Envy
- Justice... is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed. Compact
- There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men. Abstract
- The wealth required by nature is limited and is easy to procure; but the wealth required by vain ideals extends to infinity. Easy
- Never say that I have taken it, only that I have given it back. Given
- Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is… Able