The time when you should most of all withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd.
EPICURUSThe time when you should most of all withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd.
EPICURUSIf you wish to make Pythocles rich, do not add to his store of money, but subtract from his desires.
EPICURUSBe moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.
EPICURUSIf you shape your life according to nature, you will never be poor; if according to people’s opinions, you will never be rich.
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.
EPICURUSDon’t fear the gods, Don’t worry about death; What is good is easy to get, and What is terrible is easy to endure.
EPICURUSI never desired to please the rabble. What pleased them, I did not learn; and what I knew was far removed from their understanding.
EPICURUSFoolish is the man who says that he fears death, not because it will cause pain when it arrives but because anticipation of it is painful.
EPICURUSWe should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink…
EPICURUSThe noble man is chiefly concerned with wisdom and friendship; of these, the former is a mortal good, the latter and immortal one.
EPICURUSHe who is not satisfied with a little is satisfied with nothing.
EPICURUSLet no one delay the study of philosophy while young nor weary of it when old.
EPICURUSEmpty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering.
EPICURUSTo eat and drink without a friend is to devour like the lion and the wolf.
EPICURUSJustice is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.
EPICURUSI was not, I was, I am not, I care not.
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