Epicurus Quotes

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Epicurus says, "gratitude is a virtue that has commonly profit annexed to it." And where is the virtue that has not? But still the virtue… — Seneca the Younger
And when with excellent Microscopes I discern in otherwise invisible Objects the Inimitable Subtlety of Nature's Curious Workmanship; And when, in a word, by the… — Robert Boyle
It seems then, say I, that you leave politics entirely out of the question, and never suppose, that a wise magistrate can justly be jealous… — David Hume
I was still more concerned (a preference which you may be far from resenting) to strike a blow for Epicurus, that great man whose holiness… — Lucian
Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily. Epicurus taught: Pleasure, defined as freedom from pain, is the highest good. — Epicurus
Epicurus says that you should rather have regard to the company with whom you eat and drink, than to what you eat and drink. — Seneca the Younger
Even today many educated people think that the victory of Christianity over Greek philosophy is a proof of the superior truth of the former -… — Friedrich Nietzsche
In the case of most pains let this remark of Epicurus aid thee, that the pain is neither intolerable nor everlasting, if thou bear in… — Marcus Aurelius
I am an Epicurean. I consider the genuine (not the imputed) doctrines of Epicurus as containing everything rational in moral philosophy which Greek and Roman… — Thomas Jefferson
I now wish that I had spent somewhat more of my life with verse. This is not because I fear having missed out on truths… — Richard Rorty
It is not so much our friends' help that helps us, as the confidence of their help. --Epicurus — Epicurus

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