Epicurus

"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."

"It is not so much our friends' help that helps us, as the confidence of their help."

"Death, therefore, the most awful of evils, is nothing to us, seeing that, when we are, death is not come, and, when death is come, we are not."

"Empty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering."

"Il culmine del piacere è la pura e semplice distruzione del dolore."

"The wealth required by nature is limited and is easy to procure; but the wealth required by vain ideals extends to infinity."

"If you wish to make Pythocles rich, do not add to his store of money, but subtract from his desires."

"Never say that I have taken it, only that I have given it back."

"The art of living well and the art of dying well are one."

"He who is not satisfied with a little, is satisfied with nothing ."

"If you wish to make Pythocles rich, do not add to his store of money, but subtract from his desires."

"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?"

"Death, therefore, the most awful of evils, is nothing to us, seeing that, when we are, death is not come, and, when death is come, we are not."

"Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship."

"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?"

"Death, therefore, the most awful of evils, is nothing to us, seeing that, when we are, death is not come, and, when death is come, we are not."

"He who says either that the time for philosophy has not yet come or that it has passed is like someone who says that the time for happiness has not yet come or that it has passed."

"He who is not satisfied with a little, is satisfied with nothing ."

"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."

"Death, therefore, the most awful of evils, is nothing to us, seeing that, when we are, death is not come, and, when death is come, we are not."