Quotes from Epicurus

The time when most of you should withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd.

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.

The time when, most of all, you should withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd.

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things only hoped for.

Nothing is enough to the man for whom enough is too little.

Whoever does not regard what he has as most ample wealth is unhappy, though he is master of the world.

The flesh endures the storms of the present alone; the mind, those of the past and future as well as the present.

The flesh endures the storms of the present alone, the mind those of the past and future as well.

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

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

The misfortune of the wise is better than the prosperity of the fool.

The noble soul occupies itself with wisdom and friendship.

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.

Fortune seldom troubles the wise man. Reason has controlled his greatest and most important affairs, controls them throughout his life, and will continue to control them.

Justice is never anything in itself, but in the dealings of men with one another in any place whatever and at any time. It is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.

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

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

A man who causes fear cannot be free from fear.

Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life.

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

Justice is a contract of expediency, entered upon to prevent men harming or being harmed.

Only the just man enjoys peace of mind.

Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.

It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls.