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Life Quotes by Epicurus
- Fortune seldom troubles the wise man. Reason has controlled his greatest and most important affairs, controls them throughout his life, and will continue to control…
- Let nothing be done in your life, which will cause you fear if it becomes known to your neighbor.
- Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.
- Happiness is man's greatest aim in life. Tranquility and rationality are the cornerstones of happiness.
- He who is not satisfied with a little, is satisfied with nothing .
- It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and honorably and justly, and it is impossible to live wisely and honorably and…
- Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.
- 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 is…
- He who understands the limits of life knows that it is easy to obtain that which removes the pain of want and makes the whole…
- Some men spend their whole life furnishing for themselves the things proper to life without realizing that at our birth each of us was poured…
- Of all the gifts that wise Providence grants us to make life full and happy, friendship is the most beautiful.
- There is nothing terrible in life for the man who realizes there is nothing terrible in death.
- The flesh believes that pleasure is limitless and that it requires unlimited time; but the mind, understanding the end and limit of the flesh and…
- Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only…
- Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.
- 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…
- A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs.
- 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…
- Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life.
- Of all the means to insure happiness throughout the whole life, by far the most important is the acquisition of friends.
- The fool’s life is empty of gratitude and full of fears; its course lies wholly toward the future.
- Accustom yourself to believe that death is nothing to us, for good and evil imply awareness, and death is the privation of all awareness; therefore…
- Those who tell the young man to live well and the old man to die well is nothing but a fool, not only for what…
- Of all the things which wisdom acquires to produce the blessedness of the complete life far the greatest is the possession of Friendship.
- We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink, for dining alone is leading the life…
More Life Quotes
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion. — J. J. Abrams
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. — Aristotle
- Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. — Aristotle
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- Happiness depends upon ourselves. — Aristotle
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle