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. ↗

— Epicurus

#among #desiring #hoped #now #once

Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come,we are not. ↗

— Epicurus

#death

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

— Epicurus

#nature

Of all the means to insure happiness throughout the whole life, by far the most important is the acquisition of friends. ↗

— Epicurus

#happiness #friendship

Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little. ↗

— Epicurus

#little #man #nothing #too #whom

It is not so much our friends' help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us ↗

— Epicurus

#friendship

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

#come #concern #death #does #exist

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

#ego

I was not, I was, I am not, I care not. (Non fui, fui, non sum, non curo) ↗

— Epicurus

#existence #life #death

The noble soul occupies itself with wisdom and friendship. ↗

— Epicurus

#friendship #life #soul #wisdom #friendship