Don't fear the gods,
Don't worry about death;
What is good is easy to get, and
What is terrible is easy to endure.

Epicurus

Stichwörter: inspirational philosophy death endurance ease epicureanism

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As you say of yourself, I too am an Epicurean. I consider the genuine (not the imputed) doctrines of Epicurus as containing everything rational in moral philosophy which Greece and Rome have left us.

[Letter to William Short, 31 October 1819]

Thomas Jefferson

Stichwörter: moral-philosophy greece secular-ethics secular-morality epicurus epicureanism epicurean philosophy-rome

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If you wish to make Pythocles rich, do not add to his store of money, but subtract from his desires.

Epicurus

Stichwörter: happiness wealth philosophy desire epicureanism pythocles

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