Epicurus

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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






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Much of what is known about Epicurean philosophy derives from later followers and commentators. Only a few fragments and letters of Epicurus's 300 written works remain. Epicurus (Greek: Ἐπίκουρος Epikouros "ally comrade"; 341 BCE – 270 BCE) was an ancient Greek philosopher as well as the founder of the school of philosophy called Epicureanism.