Death, therefore, the most awful of evils, is nothing to us, seeing that, when we are, death is not come, and, when death is come, we are not.
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.
More Epicurus Quotes
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The fool’s life is empty of gratitude and full of fears; its course lies wholly toward the future.
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He who least needs tomorrow, will most gladly greet tomorrow.
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Let no one delay the study of philosophy while young nor weary of it when old.
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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.
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We must exercise ourselves in the things which bring happiness, since, if that be present, we have everything, and, if that be absent, all our actions are directed toward attaining it.
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Vain is the word of that philosopher which does not heal any suffering of man.
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He who is not satisfied with a little is satisfied with nothing.
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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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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.
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Contented poverty is an honorable estate.
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Freedom is the greatest fruit of self-sufficiency.
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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.
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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.
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Foolish 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.
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If you shape your life according to nature, you will never be poor; if according to people’s opinions, you will never be rich.
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