Epicurus Quotes

• Never say that I have taken it, only that I have given it back.

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• The wealth required by nature is limited and is easy to procure; but the wealth required by vain ideals extends to infinity.

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• Let no one delay the study of philosophy while young nor weary of it when old.

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• Empty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering.

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• The noble soul occupies itself with wisdom and friendship.

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• If death causes you no pain when you’re dead, it’s foolish to allow the fear of it to cause you pain now.

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• Of all the means to insure happiness throughout the whole life, by far the most important is the acquisition of friends.

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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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• We do not so much need the help of our friends as the confidence of their help in need.

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• The time when most of you should withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd.

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• The misfortune of the wise is better than the prosperity of the fool.

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• The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.

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• Riches do not exhilarate us so much with their possession as they torment us with their loss.

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• Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.

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• Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.

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• Not what we have, but what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.

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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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• Justice… is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.

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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.

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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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Epicurus (36)

Birth:	341 BC
Death:	270 BC
Nationality:	Greek
Profession:	Philosopher

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Epicurus was born in Samos, Greek. He was a Greek philosopher as well as the founder of the school of philosophy called Epicureanism. Only a few fragments and letters of Epicurus's 300 written works remain. As a boy, he studied philosophy for four years under the Platonist teacher Pamphilus. At the age of eighteen, he went to Athens for his two-year term of military service.

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