So long as we exist, death is not with us; but when death comes, then we do not exist

— Epicurus

The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.

— Epicurus

The flesh endures the storms of the present alone the mind those of the past and future as well.

— Epicurus

The flesh endures the storms of the present alone the mind those of the past and future as well as the present.

— Epicurus

The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it.

— Epicurus

The impassive soul disturbs neither itself nor others.

— Epicurus

The man least dependent upon the morrow goes to meet the morrow most cheerfully.

— Epicurus

The man who says that all events are necessitated has no ground for criticizing the man who says that not all events are necessitated. For according to him this is itself a necessitated event.

— Epicurus

The noble man is chiefly concerned with wisdom and friendship; of these, the former is a mortal good, the latter and immortal one.

— Epicurus

There is no such thing as justice in the abstract it is merely a compact between men.

— Epicurus