Quotes by Epicurus
Epicurus
Greek Philosopher
Lived from: c.341-270 BC
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A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs...
Greek Philosopher c.341-270 BC
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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.
Greek Philosopher c.341-270 BC
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Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.
Greek Philosopher c.341-270 BC
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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.
Greek Philosopher c.341-270 BC
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I never desired to please the rabble. What pleased them, I did not learn; and what I knew was far removed from their understanding.
Greek Philosopher c.341-270 BC
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If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.
Greek Philosopher c.341-270 BC
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It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and well and justly. And it is impossible to live wisely and well and justly without living a pleasant life.
Greek Philosopher c.341-270 BC
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It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men all live in a city without walls.
Greek Philosopher c.341-270 BC
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It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls.
Greek Philosopher c.341-270 BC
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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.
Greek Philosopher c.341-270 BC
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