Top 24 Quotes by Epicurus

About Epicurus

These are some quotes by Greek author Epicurus Philosopher, who lived between 341 BC and 271 BC.

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.

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.

Epicurus

It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls.

It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls.

Epicurus

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

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

Epicurus

It is better for you to be free of fear lying upon a pallet, than to have a golden couch and a rich table and be full of trouble.

It is better for you to be free of fear lying upon a pallet, than to have a golden couch and a rich table and be full of trouble.

Epicurus

A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs.

A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs.

Epicurus

Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.

Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.

Epicurus

Both old and young alike ought to seek wisdom: the former in order that, as age comes over him, he may be young in good things because of the grace of what has been, and the latter in order that, while he is young, he may at the same time be old, because he has no fear of the things which are to come.

Epicurus

I have never wished to cater to the crowd; for what I know they do not approve, and what they approve I do not know.

I have never wished to cater to the crowd; for what I know they do not approve, and what they approve I do not know.

Epicurus

If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.

If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.

Epicurus

The time when most of you should withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd.

The time when most of you should withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd.

Epicurus

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