Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; re... - 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."
More quotes by Epicurus
"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."
"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."
"The wealth required by nature is limited and is easy to procure; but the wealth required by vain ideals extends to infinity."
"Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist."