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Of all the things which wisdo...

Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.

Epicurus 202 quotes

It is possible to provide sec...

It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls.

Epicurus 202 quotes

We do not so much need the he...

We do not so much need the help of our friends as the confidence of their help in need.

Epicurus 202 quotes

It is better for you to be fr...

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 be full of trouble.

Epicurus 202 quotes

The art of living well and th...

The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.

Epicurus 202 quotes

The time when most of you sho...

The time when most of you should withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd.

Epicurus 202 quotes

Both old and young alike ough...

Both old and young alike ought to seek wisdom: the former in order that, as age comes over him, he may be young in good things because of the grace of what has been, and the latter in order that, while he is young, he may at the same time be old, because he has no fear of the things which are to come.

Epicurus 202 quotes

If God listened to the prayer...

If God listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever praying for evil against one another.

Epicurus 202 quotes

It is impossible to live a pl...

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 justly without living a pleasant life.

Epicurus 202 quotes

Do not spoil what you have by...

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 hoped for.

Epicurus 202 quotes

Justice... is a kind of compa...

Justice... is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.

Epicurus 202 quotes

The greater the Difficulty th...

The greater the Difficulty the more Glory in surmounting it, and the loss of false Joys secures to us a much better Possession of real ones.

Epicurus 202 quotes

The pleasant life is not prod...

The pleasant life is not produced by continual drinking and dancing, nor sexual intercourse, nor rare dishes of sea food and other delicacies of a luxurious table. On the contrary, it is produced by sober reasoning which examines the motives for every choice and avoidance, driving away beliefs which are the source of mental disturbances.

Epicurus 202 quotes

The fool’s life is empty of g...

The fool’s life is empty of gratitude and full of fears; its course lies wholly toward the future.

Epicurus 202 quotes

Men, believing in myths, will...

Men, believing in myths, will always fear something terrible, everlasting punishment as certain or probable . . . Men base all these fears not on mature opinions, but on irrational fancies, that they are more disturbed by fear of the unknown than by facing facts. Peace of mind lies in being delivered from all these fears.

Epicurus 202 quotes

The acquisition of riches has...

The acquisition of riches has been for many men, not an end, but a change, of troubles.

Epicurus 202 quotes

No pleasure is evil in itself...

No pleasure is evil in itself; but the means by which certain pleasures
are gained bring pains many times greater than the pleasures.

Epicurus 202 quotes

We must, therefore, pursue th...

We must, therefore, pursue the things that make for happiness, seeing that when happiness is present, we have everything; but when it is absent, we do everything to possess it.

Epicurus 202 quotes

He who is not satisfied with ...

He who is not satisfied with a little, is satisfied with nothing .

Epicurus 202 quotes

Of all the means to insure ha...

Of all the means to insure happiness throughout the whole life, by far the most important is the acquisition of friends.

Epicurus 202 quotes

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