Epicurus Quotes

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

The summit of pleasure is the elimination of all that gives pain.

There is no such thing as justice in the abstract it is merely a compact between men.

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

It is not so much our friends' help that helps us, as the confidence of their help.

Nothing is enough to the man for whom enough is too little.

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

When, therefore, we maintain that pleasure is the end, we do not mean the pleasures of profligates a...

It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.

Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing...

So death, the most terrifying of ills, is nothing to us, since so long as we exist, death is not wit...

Both old and young alike ought to seek wisdom: the former in order that, as age comes over him, he m...

Empty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering.

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not remember that what you now have was once a...

[A] right understanding that death is nothingto us makes the mortality of life enjoyable, not becaus...

It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live...

Death, therefore, the most awful of evils, is nothing to us, seeing that, when we are, death is not ...

So long as we exist, death is not with us; but when death comes, then we do not exist

It is not so much our friends' help that helps us as the confidence of their help.

It is better for you to be free of fear lying upon a pallet, than to have a golden couch and a rich ...

Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy much the greatest is the possessi...

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not remember that what you now have was once am...

Let no one be slow to seek wisdom when he is young nor weary in the search of it when he has grown o...

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

Let no one delay the study of philosophy while young nor weary of it when old.

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

Any device whatever by which one frees himself from fear is a natural good.

The noble man is chiefly concerned with wisdom and friendship; of these, the former is a mortal good...

Of all the things which wisdom provides to make life entirely happy much the greatest is the posses...

If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.

If God listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever pra...

Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we...

If you wish to make Pythocles rich, do not add to his store of money, but subtract from his desires.

Nothing is sufficient for the person who finds sufficiency too little

The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it.

It is not so much our friends' help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us.

Never say that I have taken it, only that I have given it back.

The flesh endures the storms of the present alone the mind those of the past and future as well.

The man least dependent upon the morrow goes to meet the morrow most cheerfully.

Whoever does not regard what he has as most ample wealth is unhappy though he is master of the worl...

He who least needs tomorrow, will most gladly greet tomorrow.

He who says either that the time for philosophy has not yet come or that it has passed is like someo...

We must exercise ourselves in the things which bring happiness, since, if that be present, we have e...

It is vain to ask of the gods what man is capable of supplying for himself.

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

To be rich is not the end but only a change of worries.

I was not, I was, I am not, I care not. (Non fui, fui, non sum, non curo)

If the gods listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are foreve...

Why should I fear death?If I am, then death is not.If Death is, then I am not.Why should I fear that...

The flesh endures the storms of the present alone the mind those of the past and future as well as...

Don't fear the gods,Don't worry about death;What is good is easy to get, andWhat is terrible is easy...

The impassive soul disturbs neither itself nor others.

Men inflict injuries from hatred, jealousy or contempt, but the wise man masters all these passions ...

Death means nothing to us

Death is nothing to us, because a body that has been dispersed into elements experiences no sensatio...

27. Of all the means which are procured by wisdom to ensure happiness throughout the whole of life, ...

Accustom yourself to the belief that death is of no concern to us, since all good and evil lie in se...

The wise man who has become accustomed to necessities knows better how to share with others than how...

The man who says that all events are necessitated has no ground for critizing the man who says that ...