Epicurus Quotes

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• Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.
• He who says either that the time for philosophy has not yet come or that it has passed is like someone who says that the…
• Haec ego non multis (scribo), sed tibi: satis enim magnum alter alteri theatrum sumus. I am writing this not to many, but to you: certainly…
• Let no one delay the study of philosophy while young nor weary of it when old.
• We must, therefore, pursue the things that make for happiness, seeing that when happiness is present, we have everything; but when it is absent, we…
• Of all the means to insure happiness throughout the whole life, by far the most important is the acquisition of friends.
• To eat and drink without a friend is to devour like the lion and the wolf.
• All friendship is desirable in itself, though it starts from the need of help
• Don't fear god, Don't worry about death; What is good is easy to get, and What is terrible is easy to endure
• So death, the most terrifying of ills, is nothing to us, since so long as we exist, death is not with us; but when death…
• He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.
• I was not, I was, I am not, I care not. (Non fui, fui, non sum, non curo)
• Empty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering.
• The wise man who has become accustomed to necessities knows better how to share with others than how to take from them, so great a…
• The fool’s life is empty of gratitude and full of fears; its course lies wholly toward the future.
• The noble soul occupies itself with wisdom and friendship.
• Why should I fear death? If I am, death is not. If death is, I am not. Why should I fear that which can only…
• If you wish to make Pythocles rich, do not add to his store of money, but subtract from his desires.
• Nothing is sufficient for the person who finds sufficiency too little
• We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink.

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