1. “But the universe is infinite.” – Epicurus
2. “He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.” – Epicurus
3. “It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.” – Epicurus
4. “We must laugh and philosophize and manage our households and look after our other affairs all at the same time, and never stop proclaiming the words of the true philosophy.” – Epicurus
5. “Against other things it is possible to obtain security, but when it comes to death we human beings all live in an unwalled city.” – Epicurus
6. “What men fear is not that death is annihilation but that it is not.” – Epicurus
7. “Only the just man enjoys peace of mind.” – Epicurus
8. “Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life.” – Epicurus
9. “Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.” – Epicurus
10. “We must, therefore, pursue the things that make for happiness, seeing that when happiness is present, we have everything; but when it is absent, we do everything to possess it.” – Epicurus
11. “A man who causes fear cannot be free from fear.” – Epicurus
12. “We begin every act of choice and avoidance from pleasure, and it is to pleasure that we return using our experience of pleasure as the criterion of every good thing.” – Epicurus
13. “Without confidence, there is no friendship.” – Epicurus
14. “Men are so thoughtless, nay, so mad, that some, through fear of death, force themselves to die.” – Epicurus
15. “Justice is a contract of expediency, entered upon to prevent men harming or being harmed.” – Epicurus
16. “The wealth required by nature is limited and is easy to procure, but the wealth required by vain ideals extends to infinity.” – Epicurus
17. “Freedom is the greatest fruit of self sufficiency.” – Epicurus
18. “Riches do not exhilarate us so much with their possession as they torment us with their loss.” – Epicurus
19. “The blessed and indestructible being of the divine has no concerns of its own, nor does it make trouble for others. It is not affected by feelings of anger or benevolence, because these are found where there is lack of strength.” – Epicurus
20. “It is not possible for a man to banish all fear of the essential questions of life unless he understands the nature of the universe and unless he banishes all consideration that the fables told about the universe could be true. Therefore a man cannot enjoy full happiness, untroubled by turmoil, unless he acts to gain knowledge of the nature of things.” – Epicurus
21. “Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempest.” – Epicurus
22. “All friendship is desirable in itself, though it starts from the need of help” – Epicurus
23. “Let no one delay the study of philosophy while young nor weary of it when old.” – Epicurus
24. “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
25. “Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.” – Epicurus
26. “If a person fights the clear evidence of his senses, he will never be able to share in genuine tranquillity.” – Epicurus
27. “By pleasure we mean the absence of pain in the body and of trouble in the soul. It” – Epicurus
28. “We have been born once and there can be no second birth. Fir all eternity we shall no longer be. But you, although you are not master of tomorrow, are postponing your happiness…” – Epicurus
29. “Any device whatever by which one frees himself from the fear of others is a natural good.” – Epicurus
30. “The knowledge of sin is the beginning of salvation.” – Epicurus
31. “Pleasure is the first good. It is the beginning of every choice and every aversion. It is the absence of pain in the body and of troubles in the soul.” – Epicurus
32. “The noble soul occupies itself with wisdom and friendship.” – Epicurus
33. “So long as we exist, death is not with us; but when death comes, then we do not exist” – Epicurus
34. “If the gods listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever praying for evil against one another” – Epicurus
35. “He who needs riches least, enjoys riches most.” – Epicurus
36. “We cannot live pleasantly without living wisely and nobly and righteously.” – Epicurus
37. “The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.” – Epicurus
38. “Some men spend their whole life furnishing for themselves the things proper to life without realizing that at our birth each of us was poured a mortal brew to drink.” – Epicurus
39. “Natural justice is a compact resulting from expediency by which men seek to prevent one man from injuring others and to protect him from being injured by them.” – Epicurus
40. “It is vain to ask of the gods what man is capable of supplying for himself.” – Epicurus
41. “If you wish to make Pythocles wealthy, don’t give him more money; rather, reduce his desires.” – Epicurus
42. “There is nothing terrible in life for the man who realizes there is nothing terrible in death.” – Epicurus
43. “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
44. “If the gods listened to the prayers of men, all humankind would quickly perish since they constantly pray for many evils to befall one another.” – Epicurus
45. “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
46. “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
47. “The man least dependent upon the morrow goes to meet the morrow most cheerfully.” – Epicurus
48. “We must meditate on what brings happiness, since when it has, it has everything, and when he misses, we do everything to have it.” – Epicurus
49. “We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink.” – Epicurus
50. “The just person enjoys. the greatest peace of mind, while the unjust is full of the utmost disquietude.” – Epicurus
51. “The fool’s life is empty of gratitude and full of fears; its course lies wholly toward the future.” – Epicurus
52. “We must consider both the ultimate end and all clear sensory evidence, to which we refer our opinions; for otherwise everything will be full of uncertainty and confusion.” – Epicurus
53. “Never say that I have taken it, only that I have given it back.” – Epicurus
54. “Earthquakes may be brought about because wind is caught up in the earth, so the earth is dislocated in small masses and is continually shaken, and that causes it to sway.” – Epicurus
55. “Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.” – Epicurus
56. “Man was not intended by nature to live in communities and be civilized.” – Epicurus
57. “Why should I fear death? If I am, death is not. If death is, I am not. Why should I fear that which cannot exist when I do?” – Epicurus
58. “He who least needs tomorrow, will most gladly greet tomorrow.” – Epicurus
59. “A world is a circumscribed portion of sky… it is a piece cut off from the infinite.” – Epicurus
60. “Happiness is man’s greatest aim in life. Tranquility and rationality are the cornerstones of happiness.” – Epicurus
61. “To eat and drink without a friend is to devour like the lion and the wolf.” – Epicurus
62. “If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.” – Epicurus
63. “The honor paid to a wise man is a great good for those who honor him.” – Epicurus
64. “I was not; I have been; I am not; I do not mind.” – Epicurus
65. “Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. – Epicurus
66. “If you want to make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.” – Epicurus
67. “It is impossible for someone to dispel his fears about the most important matters if he doesn’t know the nature of the universe but still gives some credence to myths. So without the study of nature there is no enjoyment of pure pleasure.” – Epicurus
68. “Don’t fear god, Don’t worry about death; What is good is easy to get, and What is terrible is easy to endure.” – Epicurus
69. “If death is we are not, if we are death is not.” – Epicurus
70. “There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men in their various relations with each other, in whatever circumstances they may be, that they will neither injure nor be injured.” – Epicurus
71. “You don’t develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.” – Epicurus
72. “To be rich is not the end, but only a change, of worries.” – Epicurus
73. “The time when most of you should withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd.” – Epicurus
74. “Launch your boat, blessed youth, and flee at full speed from every form of culture.” – Epicurus
75. “Of all the means to insure happiness throughout the whole life, by far the most important is the acquisition of friends.” – Epicurus
76. “Stranger, here you will do well to tarry; here our highest good is pleasure.” – Epicurus
77. “He who is not satisfied with a little, is satisfied with nothing .” – Epicurus
78. “The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.” – Epicurus
79. “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.” – Epicurus
80. “Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.” – Epicurus
81. “If God listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever praying for evil against one another.” – Epicurus
82. “Therefore, foolish is the man who says that he fears death, not because it will cause pain when it arrives but because anticipation of it is painful.” – Epicurus
83. “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
84. “Justice is never anything in itself, but in the dealings of men with one another in any place whatever and at any time. It is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.” – Epicurus
85. “The wise man thinks of fame just enough to avoid being despised.” – Epicurus
86. “Death means nothing to us.” – Epicurus
87. “It is not so much our friends’ help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us.” – Epicurus
88. “Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.” – Epicurus
89. “No pleasure is evil in itself; but the means by which certain pleasures are gained bring pains many times greater than the pleasures.” – Epicurus
90. “It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and well and justly. And it is impossible to live wisely and well and justly without living a pleasant life.” – Epicurus
91. “Virtue consisteth of three parts, – temperance, fortitude, and justice.” – Epicurus
92. “Haec ego non multis (scribo), sed tibi: satis enim magnum alter alteri theatrum sumus. I am writing this not to many, but to you: certainly we are a great enough audience for each other.” – Epicurus
93. “Empty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering.” – Epicurus
94. “A strong belief in fate is the worst kind of slavery; on the other hand, there is a comfort in the thought that God will be moved by our prayers.” – Epicurus
95. “Send me a pot of cheese, so that I may be able to indulge myself whenever I wish.” – Epicurus
96. “Self-sufficiency is the greatest of all wealth .” – Epicurus
97. “If you would enjoy real freedom, you must be the slave of Philosophy.” – Epicurus
98. “Being happy is knowing how to be content with little” – Epicurus
99. “Death should not concern us, for when we exist, death is not; and when death exists, we are not.” – Epicurus
100. “Accustom yourself to the belief that death is of no concern to us, since all good and evil lie in sensation and sensation ends with death. Therefore the true belief that death is nothing to us makes a mortal life happy, not by adding to it an infinite time, but by taking away the desire for immortality. For there is no reason why the man who is thoroughly assured that there is nothing to fear in death should find anything to fear in life. So, too, he is foolish who says that he fears death, not because it will be painful when it comes, but because the anticipation of it is painful; for that which is no burden when it is present gives pain to no purpose when it is anticipated. Death, the most dreaded of evils, is therefore of no concern to us; for while we exist death is not present, and when death is present we no longer exist. It is therefore nothing either to the living or to the dead since it is not present to the living, and the dead no longer are.” – Epicurus
101. “If you shape your life according to nature, you will never be poor; if according to people’s opinions, you will never be rich.” – Epicurus
102. “The mind that is much elevated and insolent with prosperity, and cast down with adversity, is generally abject and base.” – Epicurus
103. “Gratitude is a virtue that has commonly profit annexed to it.” – Epicurus
104. “Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.” – Epicurus
105. “The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.” – Epicurus
106. “We must free ourselves from the prison of everyday affairs and politics.” – Epicurus
107. “God is all-powerful. God is perfectly good. Evil exists. If God exists, there would be no evil. Therefore God does not exist.” – Epicurus
108. “Do everything like someone is gazing at you.” – Epicurus
109. “do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not” – Epicurus
110. “When we exist, death is not present, and when death is present, we do not exist” – Epicurus
111. “Live your life without attracting attention.” – Epicurus
112. “Nothing is sufficient for the person who finds sufficiency too little” – Epicurus
113. “What will happen to me if that which this desire seeks is achieved, and what if it is not?” – Epicurus
114. “I would rather be first in a little Iberian village than second in Rome.” – Epicurus
115. “I am grateful to blessed Nature because she made what is necessary easy to acquire and what is hard to acquire unnecessary.” – Epicurus
116. “are gained bring pains many times greater than the pleasures.” – Epicurus
117. “A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs.” – Epicurus
118. “Don’t fear the gods, – Epicurus
119. “Of all the gifts that wise Providence grants us to make life full and happy, friendship is the most beautiful.” – Epicurus
120. “Pleasure is our first and kindred good. It is the starting point of every choice and of every aversion, and to it we always come back, inasmuch as we make feeling the rule by which to judge of every good thing.” – Epicurus
121. “There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men.” – Epicurus
122. “Let nothing be done in your life, which will cause you fear if it becomes known to your neighbor.” – Epicurus
123. “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
124. “Any man who does not think that what he has is more than ample, is an unhappy man, even if he is the master of the whole world.” – Epicurus
125. “The guilty man may escape, but he cannot be sure of doing so.” – Epicurus