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List of Epicurus Quotes

Explore our hand-picked selection of 172 inspiring quotes by Epicurus.

About Epicurus

  • Born: 341 BC
  • Died: 270 BC
  • Occupation: Philosopher
    • Earthquakes may be brought about because wind is caught up in the earth, so the earth is dislocated in small masses and is continually shaken, and that causes it to sway.
    Wind Earthquakes May
    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.
    Wisdom Men Justice
    The magnitude of pleasure reaches its limit in the removal of all pain. when such pleasure is present, so long as it is uninterrupted, there is no pain either of body or of mind or of both together.
    Pain Long Mind
    If the gods have the will to remove evil and cannot, then they are not all-powerful. if they are neither able nor willing, they are neither all-powerful or benevolent. if they are both able and willing to annihilate evil, why does it exist?
    Powerful Evil Doe
    Natural justice is a compact resulting from expediency by which men seek to prevent one man from injuring others and to protect him from being injured by them.
    Men Natural Justice Protect
    Remember that the future is neither ours nor wholly not ours, so that we may neither count on it as sure to come nor abandon hope of it as certain not to be.
    Future May Remember
    Where i am death is not, where death is i am not.
    Death Dying
    Necessity is an evil; but there is no necessity for continuing to live subject to necessity.
    Evil Continuing Subjects
    Is he neither able nor willing? then why call him god?
    Atheist Faith Religion Omnipotence
    Let no young man delay the study of philosophy, and let no old man become weary of it; for it is never too early nor too late to care for the well-being of the soul.
    Philosophy Men Soul
    Against other things it is possible to obtain security, but when it comes to death we human beings all live in an unwalled city.
    Cities Humans Security
    The term "incorporeal" is properly applied only to the void, which cannot act or be acted on. since the soul can act and be acted upon, it is corporeal.
    Soul Void Term
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