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Epicurus

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Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life.


— Epicurus


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


— Epicurus


#forced #into #most #should #time

There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men.


— Epicurus


#abstract #between #compact #justice #merely

Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempest.


— Epicurus


#pilots #reputation #skillful #storms #tempest

You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.


— Epicurus


#adversity #being #being happy #challenging #courage

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


#another #evil #forever #god #listened

The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.


— Epicurus


#dying #living #well

Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.


— Epicurus


#constitutes #enjoy #our

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


#couch #fear #free #full #golden

It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.


— Epicurus


#folly #gods #himself #man #obtain






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Did you know about Epicurus?

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.

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