"Stranger, here you will do well to tarry;……" — Epicurus

"Stranger, here you will do well to tarry; here our highest good is pleasure."

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136 Quotes by Epicurus

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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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