50+ Epicurus Quotes (PHILOSOPHY)

Death is nothing to us. When we exist, death is not; and when death exists, we are not. All sensation and consciousness ends with death and therefore in death there is neither pleasure nor pain. The fear of death arises from the belief that in death, there is awareness.
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Awareness Conscious Death Existence Fear Life Pleasure Sensation
Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.
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Beginning Ending Happiness Live Pleasure
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.
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Awful Death Philosophy Wisdom
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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Approve Be Yourself Crowd
He who is not satisfied with a little is satisfied with nothing.
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Little Philosophy Satisfaction Science
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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Death Life Philosophy
All friendship is desirable in itself, though it starts from the need of help.
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Desire Friendship Help Need Start
Freedom is the greatest fruit of self-sufficiency.
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Freedom Fruit Greatness One Liner
Let no one delay the study of philosophy while young nor weary of it when old.
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Delay Old Philosophy Study Young
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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Desire Hope Inspirational Minimalism Remember Spoil
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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Anticipation Arrive Cause Death Fear Fools Man Pain
We 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.
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Absence Happiness Posses Present Pursue
It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.
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God Himself Man Obtain Power Pray
It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls.
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Against City Concern Death Ill Live Men Possible Security Wall
Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.
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Abundance Constitution Enjoyment Inspirational
Contented poverty is an honorable estate.
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Estate Honor One Liner Poverty
He who least needs tomorrow, will most gladly greet tomorrow.
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Deep Future Greet Inspirational
The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.
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Consequence Freedom Sufficient
Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.
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Beginning Ending Happiness Live Pleasure
The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.
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Consequence Freedom Sufficient
If you wish to make Pythocles rich, do not add to his store of money, but subtract from his desires.
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Declutter Desire Money Rich
Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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Enough Greedy Little Man Satisfaction
Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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Enough Greedy Little Man Satisfaction
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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Course Interest Life Man Misfortune Reason Seldom Wise
Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.
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Abundance Joy Life Moderation Taste
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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Absence Death Element Sensation
He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.
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Deep Disturb Himself Mind Peace

Epicurus Quotes

Famous Greek philosophers