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Epicurus

12 quotes

Some people are known for what they did; Epicurus is known for what they said. The range of their thinking — from Men to Friendship — speaks to an intellectual restlessness that shows in every quote. Our collection holds 15 quotes from Epicurus, each offering a different angle on Men, Friendship, Death, Wisdom, and Relationship. A line that stays with you: "Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship."

“It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.”

— Epicurus

Power

All Quotes by Epicurus

“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.”

— Epicurus

Hope

“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.”

— Epicurus

Fear

“The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.”

— Epicurus

History

“It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.”

— Epicurus

Power

“The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.”

— Epicurus

Art

“It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls.”

— Epicurus

Death

“It is not so much our friends' help that helps us, as the confidence of their help.”

— Epicurus

Friendship

“If God listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever praying for evil against one another.”

— Epicurus

God

“There is no such thing as justice in the abstract it is merely a compact between men.”

— Epicurus

Men

“You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.”

— Epicurus

Courage

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

— Epicurus

Friendship

“Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.”

— Epicurus

Death