Memorable Quotes and quotations from EpicurusEpicurus Greek philosopher (341 BC - 270 BC)Epicurus - - A strict belief, fate is the worst kind of slavery; on the other hand there is comfort in the thought that God will be moved by our prayers. Epicurus - - He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has. 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 - - Justice is a contract of expediency, entered upon to prevent men harming or being harmed. Epicurus - from Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers - Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily. Epicurus - 300 B.C. - The man least dependent upon the morrow goes to meet the morrow most cheerfully. Epicurus - - The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests. Epicurus - from Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers - Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not. |
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