Epicurus Quotes

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  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

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?

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  God, Spiritual, Religious

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  The things you really need are few and easy to come by; but the things you can imagine you need are infinite, and you will never be satisfied.

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  Needs, Infinite, Imagine

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  Why should I fear death? If I am, death is not. If death is, I am not. Why should I fear that which can only exist when I do not?

  Epicurus

  Intelligent, Religion, Atheism

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  Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.

  Epicurus

  Gratitude, Money, Life And Love

  Epicurus (2016). “Principal Doctrines”, p.55, Lulu.com

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  Happiness is man's greatest aim in life. Tranquility and rationality are the cornerstones of happiness.

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  Happiness, Ambition, Men

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• He who is not satisfied with a little, is satisfied with nothing .

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  Littles, Epicurean, Satisfied

  Epicurus (1993). “The essential Epicurus: letters, principal doctrines, Vatican sayings, and fragments”

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

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  Boyfriend, Being Happy, Courage

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• Being happy is knowing how to be content with little

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  Knowing, Littles

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• Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not.

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  Being Happy, Thankful, Hope

  Epicurus (1964). “Letters: Principles Doctrines, and Vatican Sayings Translated, with an Introd. and Notes, by Russel M. Geor. Indianapolis Merrill”

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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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  Friendship, Happiness, Mean

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• The pleasant life is not produced by continual drinking and dancing, nor sexual intercourse, nor rare dishes of sea food and other delicacies of a luxurious table. On the contrary, it is produced by sober reasoning which examines the motives for every choice and avoidance, driving away beliefs which are the source of mental disturbances.

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  Drinking, Sea, Dancing

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• He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.

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  Mind, Peace Of Mind

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• We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink.

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  Thanksgiving, Food, Beer

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• Let no one be slow to seek wisdom when he is young nor weary in the search of it when he has grown old. For no age is too early or too late for the health of the soul.

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  Soul, Age, Too Late

  Epicurus, Lucretius, Cicero (2015). “Stoic Six Pack 3: The Epicureans”, p.15, Lulu.com

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• Live your life without attracting attention.

  Epicurus

  Advice, Live Your Life, Attention

  Epicurus (1993). “The essential Epicurus: letters, principal doctrines, Vatican sayings, and fragments”

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• Freedom is the greatest fruit of self sufficiency.

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  Freedom, Self, Liberty

  Epicurus (1964). “Letters: Principles Doctrines, and Vatican Sayings Translated, with an Introd. and Notes, by Russel M. Geor. Indianapolis Merrill”

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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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  Infinity, Wealth, Easy

  "Principal Doctrines". Translated by Robert Drew Hicks,

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• There is nothing terrible in life for the man who realizes there is nothing terrible in death.

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  Death, Men, Realizing

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

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  God, Prayer, Humility

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• Do everything like someone is gazing at you.

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  Gazing

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• A man who causes fear cannot be
  free from fear.

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  Men, Causes

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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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  Lying, Perspective, Fearless

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• To be rich is not the end, but only a change, of worries.

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  Worry, Rich, Ends

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• Luxurious food and drinks, in no way protect you from harm. Wealth beyond what is natural, is no more use than an overflowing container. Real value is not generated by theaters, and baths, perfumes or ointments, but by philosophy.

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  Philosophy, Real, Use

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