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Epicurus

Essential Epicurus

  • Anna Khas quoted7 years ago
    even in the hour of death, when ushered out of existence by circumstances, the mind does not lack enjoyment of the best life.
  • b7930279769has quoted2 years ago
    It is not an unbroken succession of drinking-bouts and of merrymaking, not sexual love, not the enjoyment of the fish and other delicacies of a luxurious table, which produce a pleasant life; it is sober reasoning, searching out the grounds of every choice and avoidance, and banishing those beliefs through which the greatest disturbances take possession of the soul.
  • b7930279769has quoted2 years ago
    Question each of your desires: “What will happen to me if that which this desire seeks is achieved, and what if it is not?”
  • b7930279769has quoted2 years ago
    Nothing is enough to someone for whom what is enough is little.
  • b7930279769has quoted2 years ago
    Friendship dances around the world bidding us all to awaken to the recognition of happiness.
  • b7930279769has quoted2 years ago
    Of all the means which are procured by wisdom to ensure happiness throughout the whole of life, by far the most important is the acquisition of friends.
  • b7930279769has quoted2 years ago
    No pleasure is in itself evil, but the things which produce certain pleasures entail annoyances many times greater than the pleasures themselves.
  • Alex Alexhas quoted5 years ago
    8. No pleasure is in itself evil, but the things which produce certain pleasures entail annoyances many times greater than the pleasures themselves.
  • Alex Alexhas quoted5 years ago
    It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and well and justly, and it is impossible to live wisely and well and justly without living pleasantly. Whenever any one of these is lacking, when, for instance, the person is not able to live wisely, though he lives well and justly, it is impossible for him to live a pleasant life.
  • Alex Alexhas quoted5 years ago
    Continuous pain does not last long in the body; on the contrary, pain, if extreme, is present a short time, and even that degree of pain which barely outweighs pleasure in the body does not last for many days together. Illnesses of long duration even permit of an excess of pleasure over pain in the body.
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