Quotes from Epicurus
The time when, most of all, you should withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd.
- Epicurus
Nothing is enough to the man for whom enough is too little.
- Epicurus
Whoever does not regard what he has as most ample wealth is unhappy, though he is master of the world.
- Epicurus
The flesh endures the storms of the present alone, the mind those of the past and future as well.
- Epicurus
The misfortune of the wise is better than the prosperity of the fool.
- Epicurus
The noble soul occupies itself with wisdom and friendship.
- Epicurus
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
A man who causes fear cannot be free from fear.
- Epicurus
Justice is a contract of expediency, entered upon to prevent men harming or being harmed.
- Epicurus
Only the just man enjoys peace of mind.
- Epicurus
Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
- Epicurus
There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men.
- Epicurus