“Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not.”
Source: Letters: Principles Doctrines, and Vatican Sayings Translated, with an Introd. and Notes, by Russel M. Geor. Indianapolis Merrill
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Famous Epicurus Quotes
“The fool’s life is empty of gratitude and full of fears; its course lies wholly toward the future.”
“Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.”
Source: Principal Doctrines
“It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.”
Source: Letters: Principles Doctrines, and Vatican Sayings Translated, with an Introd. and Notes, by Russel M. Geor. Indianapolis Merrill
“If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.”
Source: Principal Doctrines