Epicurus Quotes on Life
Epicurus was a Greek Hellenistic philosopher who founded the school known as the Garden in Athens around 307 BC. This page collects quotes attributed to Epicurus on the topic of life, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Epicurus:
“Of all the things which wisdom acquires to produce the blessedness of the complete life, by far the greatest is the possession of friendship.”
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Attributed to Epicurus:
“Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things only hoped for.”
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Attributed to Epicurus:
“Live in obscurity.”
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Attributed to Epicurus:
“Empty is that philosopher's argument by which no human suffering is therapeutically treated.”
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Attributed to Epicurus:
“It is not so much our friends' help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us.”