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Epicurus Quotes
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Famous Epicurus Quotations
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Greek philosopher who believed that the world is a random combination of atoms and that pleasure is the highest good (341-270 BC)
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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. Epicurus »
- Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not but remember that what you now have was once among the things only hoped for. Epicurus »
- He who is calm disturbs neither himself nor others. Epicurus »
- In a philosophical dispute, he gains most who is defeated, since he learns most. Epicurus »
- It is not so much our friends' help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us. Epicurus »
- 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 »
- Justice is a contract of expediency, entered upon to prevent men harming or being harmed. Epicurus »
- Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship. Epicurus »
- Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily. Epicurus »
- Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish. Epicurus »
- The greater difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests. Epicurus »
- The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it. Epicurus »
- The man least dependent upon the morrow goes to meet the morrow most cheerfully. Epicurus »
- We do not so much need the help of our friends as the confidence of their help when in need. Epicurus »
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