Quotes from Epicurus
I never desired to please the rabble. What pleased them, I did not learn; and what I knew was far removed from their understanding.
— Epicurus
Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
— Epicurus
Why should I fear death If I am, Death is not If death is, I am not Why should I fear that which could not exist when I do?
— Epicurus
Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.
— Epicurus
The guilty man may escape, but he cannot be sure of doing so.
— Epicurus
We must free ourselves from the prison of everyday affairs and politics.
— Epicurus
Neither one should hesitate about dedicating oneself to philosophy when young, nor should get tired of doing it when one's old, because no one is ever too young or too old to reach one's soul's healthy.
— Epicurus
There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men.
— Epicurus
Justice... is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.
— Epicurus
The time when you should most of all withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd.
— Epicurus
The guilty man may escape, but he cannot be sure of doing so.
— Epicurus
We must exercise ourselves in thte things which bring happiness, since, if that be present, we have everything, and if that be absent, all our actions are directed toward attaining it.
— Epicurus