Epicurus quotes

" Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish. " # Fools and Foolishness

" Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little. " # Abundance

" Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for. " # Gratitude # Freedom # Power

" We do not so much need the help of our friends as the confidence of their help in need. " # Friends and Friendship # Freedom # Power

" Of all things which wisdom provides to make life entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship. " # Friends and Friendship # Freedom # Power

" The man least dependent upon the morrow goes to meet the morrow most cheerfully. " # Life and Living

" Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily. " # Life and Living

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

" It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men all live in a city without walls. " # Death and Dying # Cities and City Life # Life and Living

" He who is calm disturbs neither himself nor others. " # Age and Aging