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.

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

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  Gratitude, Money, Life And Love

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

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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?

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  Intelligent, Religion, Atheism

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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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• 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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• 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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• Being happy is knowing how to be content with little

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  Knowing, Littles

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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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• 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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• Live your life without attracting attention.

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  Advice, Live Your Life, Attention

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

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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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• Self-sufficiency is the greatest of all wealth .

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  Self, Wealth, Self Sufficiency

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

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

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  Death, Art, Philosophical

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

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• Do everything like someone is gazing at you.

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  Gazing

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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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  Philosophical, Crowds, Should

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

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  Worry, Rich, Ends

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• We have been born once and there can be no second birth. Fir all eternity we shall no longer be. But you, although you are not master of tomorrow, are postponing your happiness.

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  Tomorrow, Birth, Eternity

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

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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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• Men, believing in myths, will always fear something terrible, everlasting punishment as certain or probable . . . Men base all these fears not on mature opinions, but on irrational fancies, that they are more disturbed by fear of the unknown than by facing facts. Peace of mind lies in being delivered from all these fears.

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  Lying, Believe, Men

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