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?

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  Intelligent, Religion, Atheism

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

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  Knowing, Littles

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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.

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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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• 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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• Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.

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  Wine, Order, Joy

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• Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempest.

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  Philosophical, Hard Times, Skills

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

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  Men, Causes

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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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• If you would enjoy real freedom, you must be the slave of Philosophy.

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  Happiness, Freedom, Philosophy

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• A strict belief in fate is the worst of slavery, imposing upon our necks an everlasting lord and tyrant, whom we are to stand in awe of night and day.

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  Fate, Night, Tyrants

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• Pleasure is the first good. It is the beginning of every choice and every aversion. It is the absence of pain in the body and of troubles in the soul.

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  Pain, Choices, Soul

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