Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.
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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There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men.
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It is not so much our friends’ help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us.
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We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink…
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Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.
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All friendship is desirable in itself, though it starts from the need of help.
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Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life.
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If you wish to make Pythocles rich, do not add to his store of money, but subtract from his desires.
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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.
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He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.
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Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.
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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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Justice is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.
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If the gods listened to the prayers of men, all humankind would quickly perish since they constantly pray for many evils to befall one another.
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Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.
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