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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

“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

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

— Epicurus

History

“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

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

— Epicurus

Power

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

— Epicurus

Courage

“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

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

— Epicurus

Men

“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

“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

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

— Epicurus

Art

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

— Epicurus

Friendship