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Man 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…
- It is vain to ask of the gods what man is capable of supplying for himself.
- Happiness is man's greatest aim in life. Tranquility and rationality are the cornerstones of happiness.
- 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…
- It is not the young man who should be considered fortunate but the old man who has lived well, because the young man in his…
- Vain is the word of a philosopher which does not heal any suffering of man. For just as there is no profit in medicine if…
- There is nothing terrible in life for the man who realizes there is nothing terrible in death.
- The honor paid to a wise man is a great good for those who honor him.
- Let no young man delay the study of philosophy, and let no old man become weary of it; for it is never too early nor…
- It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.
- Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
- If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.
- Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life.
- 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 man least dependent upon the morrow goes to meet the morrow most cheerfully.
- 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…
- Only the just man enjoys peace of mind
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