Maxioms by 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.
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.
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.
It is not so much our friends' help that helps us, as the confidence of their help.
It is not so much our friends' help that helps us, as the confidence of their help.
