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Famous Epicurus Quotes
“Man was not intended by nature to live in communities and be civilized.”
“The wise man thinks of fame just enough to avoid being despised.”
“The guilty man may escape, but he cannot be sure of doing so.”
“The man least dependent upon the morrow goes to meet the morrow most cheerfully.”
“It is vain to ask of the gods what man is capable of supplying for himself.”
“Justice is a contract of expediency, entered upon to prevent men harming or being harmed.”
“What men fear is not that death is annihilation but that it is not.”
“It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.”
“Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.”
“If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.”
“There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men.”
“The acquisition of riches has been for many men, not an end, but a change, of troubles.”
“Men are so thoughtless, nay, so mad, that some, through fear of death, force themselves to die.”
“Most men are in a coma when they are at rest and mad when they act.”
“There is nothing terrible in life for the man who realizes there is nothing terrible in death.”
“The honor paid to a wise man is a great good for those who honor him.”