Epicurus Quotes

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Epicurus was an ancient Greek philosopher who founded the school of Epicureanism. He lived from 341 BC to 270 BC. Epicurus is known for his theory of happiness and his belief in the pursuit of pleasure and the avoidance of pain as the central goals of life. He argued that the best way to achieve happiness was through the cultivation of virtue and the pursuit of knowledge.

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Famous Epicurus Quotes

“The wise man thinks of fame just enough to avoid being despised.”

Thinking Men Enough Wise Fame Despised

Author:Epicurus

“The wise man neither rejects life nor fears death... just as he does not necessarily choose the largest amount of food, but, rather, the pleasantest food, so he prefers not the longest time, but the most pleasant.”

Men Doe Wise Amount Pleasant Rejects Fear Of Death

Author:Epicurus

“The wise man who has become accustomed to necessities knows better how to share with others than how to take from them, so great a treasure of self-sufficiency has he found.”

Knows Men Self Found Wise Share Treasure Accustomed Self Sufficiency Sufficiency

Author:Epicurus

“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.”

Men Important Reason Wisdom Wise Trouble Fortune Affair Intelligence Controlled

Book:Letters: Principles Doctrines, and Vatican Sayings Translated, with an Introd. and Notes, by Russel M. Geor. Indianapolis Merrill

Source: Letters: Principles Doctrines, and Vatican Sayings Translated, with an Introd. and Notes, by Russel M. Geor. Indianapolis Merrill

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

Wisdom Wise Fool Philosophical Adversity Prosperity Misfortunes Epicureanism

Book:Stoic Six Pack 3: The Epicureans

Source: Stoic Six Pack 3: The Epicureans

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

Men Reason Courses Interest Wise Highest Misfortunes Epicureanism Course Of Life

Author:Epicurus

“Of all the gifts that wise Providence grants us to make life full and happy, friendship is the most beautiful.”

Beautiful Friendship Wise Grants Providence Happy Friendship

Author:Epicurus

“The honor paid to a wise man is a great good for those who honor him.”

Men Wise Honor Paid

Book:Letters: Principles Doctrines, and Vatican Sayings Translated, with an Introd. and Notes, by Russel M. Geor. Indianapolis Merrill

Source: Letters: Principles Doctrines, and Vatican Sayings Translated, with an Introd. and Notes, by Russel M. Geor. Indianapolis Merrill

About the Author

Born: 341 BC
Died: 270 BC
Known for: Philosopher
Quotes: 188

Books & Sources

Letters: Principles Doctrines, and Vatican Sayings Translated, with an Introd. and Notes, by Russel M. Geor. Indianapolis MerrillRelated source material

The essential Epicurus: letters, principal doctrines, Vatican sayings, and fragmentsRelated source material

Lettere sulla fisica, sul cielo e sulla felicitàRelated source material

Stoic Six Pack 3: The EpicureansRelated source material

The Epicurus ReaderRelated source material

Principal DoctrinesRelated source material

Epicurus: Letters, Principal Doctrines, and Vatican SayingsRelated source material

The Art of HappinessRelated source material

The Epicurus Reader: Selected Writings and TestimoniaRelated source material

The philosophy of Epicurus: letters, doctrines, and parallel passages from LucretiusRelated source material

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