Epicurus Quotes

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

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

"Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempest."

"The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it."

"Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance."

"The misfortune of the wise is better than the prosperity of the fool."

"I would rather be first in a little Iberian village than second in Rome."

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

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

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

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

"Riches do not exhilarate us so much with their possession as they torment us with their loss."

"The just man is most free from disturbance, while the unjust is full of the utmost disturbance."

"A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs."

"I have never wished to cater to the crowd; for what I know they do not approve, and what they approve I do not know."

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

"Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist."

"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."

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

"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."

"Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life."

"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."

"Luxurious food and drinks, in no way protect you from harm. Wealth beyond what is natural, is no more use than an overflowing container. Real value is not generated by theaters, and baths, perfumes or ointments, but by philosophy."

"The flesh receives as unlimited the limits of pleasure; and to provide it requires unlimited time. But the mind, intellectually grasping what the end and limit of the flesh is, and banishing the terrors of the future, procures a complete and perfect life, and we have no longer any need of unlimited time. Nevertheless the mind does not shun pleasure, and even when circumstances make death imminent, the mind does not lack enjoyment of the best life."

Compiled by Thomas George
editor@Wisdom-of-the-Wise.com

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