"Most men are in a coma when they……" — Epicurus

"Most men are in a coma when they are at rest and mad when they act."

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136 Quotes by Epicurus

Epicurus has 136 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

The fool, with all his other faults, has this also, he is always getting ready to live.
My garden does not whet the appetite; it satisfies it. It does not provoke thirst through heedless indulgence, but slakes…
Death, the most dreaded of evils, is therefore of no concern to us; for while we exist death is not…
Where I am death is not, where death is I am not.
Freedom is the greatest fruit of self sufficiency.
In a philosophical dispute, he gains most who is defeated, since he learns most.
Fortune seldom troubles the wise man. Reason has controlled his greatest and most important affairs, controls them throughout his life,…
Let nothing be done in your life, which will cause you fear if it becomes known to your neighbor.
A strong belief in fate is the worst kind of slavery; on the other hand, there is a comfort in…
When someone admits one and rejects another which is equally in accordance with the appearances, it is clear that he…
Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.
It is vain to ask of the gods what man is capable of supplying for himself.

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More Act Quotes

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Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think. — Hannah Arendt
It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once made its appearance and has… — Hannah Arendt
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
Quality is not an act, it is a habit. — Aristotle
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence,… — Aristotle
Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last. — Aristotle
Storytelling is fine as long as you can encourage people to act on the stories. — Karen Armstrong
Music is the social act of communication among people, a gesture of friendship, the strongest there is. — Malcolm Arnold
Criticize the act, not the person. — Mary Kay Ash
We like to engage in a normal publishing effort, which is to act in a responsible manner and make sure… — Julian Assange
Gardening is not a rational act. — Margaret Atwood
All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of… — Wystan Hugh Auden

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