So death, the most terrifying of ills, is nothing to us, since so long as we exist, death is not with us; but when death comes, then we do not exist. It does not then concern either the living or the dead, since for the former it is not, and the latter are no more.
EpicurusTag: death
Non abbiamo tanto bisogno dell'aiuto degli amici, quanto della certezza del loro aiuto.
EpicurusTag: relationship
It is not the pretended but the real pursuit of philosophy that is needed for we do not need the appearance of good health but to enjoy it in truth.
EpicurusHe who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.
EpicurusI was not, I was, I am not, I care not. (Non fui, fui, non sum, non curo)
EpicurusEmpty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering.
EpicurusTag: humanity philosophy
The man who says that all events are necessitated has no ground for critizing the man who says that not all events are necessitated. For according to him this is itself a necessitated event.
EpicurusTag: philosophy
The wise man who has become accustomed to necessities knows better how to share with others than how to take from them, so great a treasure of self-sufficiency has he found.
EpicurusTag: philosophy
[A] right understanding that death is nothing
to us makes the mortality of life enjoyable, not because it adds to it
an infinite span of time, but because it takes away the craving for
immortality. For there is nothing terrible in life for the man who has
truly comprehended that there is nothing terrible in not living.
If the gods listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever praying for evil against one another
EpicurusTag: gods
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