Epicurus on fear
Epicurus53 quotes“The fool’s life is empty of gratitude and full of fears; its course lies wholly toward the future.”
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Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.
EpicurusEpicurus Death is nothing to us, because a body that has been dispersed into elements experiences no sensations, and the absence of sensation is nothing to us.
EpicurusEpicurus He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.
EpicurusEpicurus Don’t fear the gods, Don’t worry about death; What is good is easy to get, and What is terrible is easy to endure.
EpicurusEpicurus When you die, your mind will be gone even faster than your body.
EpicurusEpicurus We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink…
EpicurusEpicurus To eat and drink without a friend is to devour like the lion and the wolf.
EpicurusEpicurus Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.
EpicurusEpicurus The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.
EpicurusEpicurus The wealth required by nature is limited and is easy to procure; but the wealth required by vain ideals extends to infinity.
EpicurusEpicurus You don’t develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.
EpicurusEpicurus Vain is the word of that philosopher which does not heal any suffering of man.
EpicurusEpicurus It is not so much our friends’ help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us.
EpicurusEpicurus Justice is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.
EpicurusEpicurus I never desired to please the rabble. What pleased them, I did not learn; and what I knew was far removed from their understanding.
EpicurusEpicurus The time when you should most of all withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd.
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