Epicurus

The greater difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.

The greater difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.

It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain read more

It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.

Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are read more

Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not

The time when most of you should withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd.

The time when most of you should withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd.

If God listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever praying for read more

If God listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever praying for evil against one another.