EpicurusNot what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance. ✨ Epicurus (2016). Principal Doctrines, p.55, Lulu.com361Reading
EpicurusJustice is a contract of expediency, entered upon to prevent men harming or being harmed.351Death
EpicurusIf you would enjoy real freedom, you must be the slave of Philosophy.373Philosophy
EpicurusThe man least dependent upon the morrow goes to meet the morrow most cheerfully.362Thought
EpicurusWe 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. 375Time
EpicurusIf you wish to make Pythocles rich, do not add to his store of money, but subtract from his desires.353Sadness
EpicurusIt is impossible for someone to dispel his fears about the most important matters if he doesn't know the nature of the universe but still gives some credence to myths. So without … ▶365Politics
EpicurusDeath is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not. ✨ Wisdom's folly No.18 by Julian Baggini, www.theguardian.com. Febru… ▶376DeathPhilosophy
EpicurusDo 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.377Hope
EpicurusThe 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's Morals.323Love
EpicurusJustice... is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.291Time
EpicurusWhen someone admits one and rejects another which is equally in accordance with the appearances, it is clear that he has quitted all physical explanation and descended into myth.302Truth
EpicurusLet no one delay the study of philosophy while young nor weary of it when old. ✨ Epicurus, Brad Inwood, Lloyd P. Gerson The Epicurus Reader, Hackett Publishing335PhilosophyReading
EpicurusThe fool, with all his other faults, has this also, he is always getting ready to live.291Reading
EpicurusBe moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.324Life
EpicurusI was not, I was, I am not, I care not. (Non fui, fui, non sum, non curo)291Philosophy
EpicurusIt is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and honorably and justly, and it is impossible to live wisely and honorably and justly without living pleasantly. Wh… ▶369Life
EpicurusFortune seldom troubles the wise man. Reason has controlled his greatest and most important affairs, controls them throughout his life, and will continue to control them. ✨ … ▶369Life
EpicurusThe wealth required by nature is limited and is easy to procure; but the wealth required by vain ideals extends to infinity. ✨ Principal Doctrines. Translated by Robert Drew… ▶336Thought
EpicurusLet no one be slow to seek wisdom when he is young nor weary in the search of it when he has grown old. For no age is too early or too late for the health of the soul. ✨ Epi… ▶3710Philosophy
EpicurusDeath does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.337Death
EpicurusHappiness is man's greatest aim in life. Tranquility and rationality are the cornerstones of happiness.282Life
EpicurusNothing is sufficient for the person who finds sufficiency too little ✨ Epicurus (1963). The philosophy of Epicurus: letters, doctrines, and parallel passages from Lucretius… ▶271Philosophy
EpicurusWhy should I fear death? If I am, death is not. If death is, I am not. Why should I fear that which can only exist when I do not?315Death
EpicurusAccustom yourself to believe that death is nothing to us, for good and evil imply awareness, and death is the privation of all awareness; therefore a right understanding that deat… ▶359DeathLifeTime
EpicurusThanks be to blessed Nature that she has made what is necessary easy to obtain, and what is not easy unnecessary.272Life
EpicurusTranquil pleasure constitutes human beings' supreme good3510Humanity
EpicurusThe magnitude of pleasure reaches its limit in the removal of all pain. When such pleasure is present, so long as it is uninterrupted, there is no pain either of body or of mind o… ▶262SadnessThoughtTime
EpicurusA strong belief in fate is the worst kind of slavery; on the other hand, there is a comfort in the thought that God will be moved by our prayers.273Thought
EpicurusIn a philosophical dispute, he gains most who is defeated, since he learns most. ✨ Epicurus (1964). Letters: Principles Doctrines, and Vatican Sayings Translated, with an In… ▶317Life
