The misfortune of the wise is better than the prosperity of the fool. Epicurus More Quotes by Epicurus More Quotes From Epicurus It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men all live in a city without walls. Epicurus Of all things which wisdom provides to make life entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship. Epicurus The greater difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests. Epicurus The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests. Epicurus We do not so much need the help of our friends as the confidence of their help when in need. Epicurus We must exercise ourselves in the things which bring happiness, since, if that be present, we have everything, and, if that be absent, all our actions are directed toward attaining it. Epicurus everythingthingsexercisehappiness We do not so much need the help of our friends as the confidence of their help in need. Epicurus helpneedconfidencefriends Both old and young alike ought to seek wisdom: the former in order that, as age comes over him, he may be young in good things because of the grace of what has been, and the latter in order that, while he is young, he may at the same time be old, because he has no fear of the things which are to come. Epicurus goodwisdomagetime
