Quotes from Epicurus

Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.

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

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.

Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.

I never desired to please the rabble. What pleased them, I did not learn; and what I knew was far removed from their understanding.

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.

Those who tell the young man to live well and the old man to die well is nothing but a fool, not only for what life has in happiness to both young and old, but also for one must be careful in live honestly as well as die honestly.

Without confidence, there is no friendship.

Of all the things which wisdom provides to make life entirely happy much the greatest is the possession of friendship.