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How to Be an Epicurean: The Ancient Art of Living Well QUOTES

How to Be an Epicurean: The Ancient Art of Living Well QUOTES

1 " I ... do not even know what I should conceive the good to be, if I eliminate the pleasures of taste, and eliminate the pleasures of sex, and eliminate the pleasures of listening, and eliminate the pleasant motions caused in our vision by a sensible form. ~ Epicurus "

― Catherine Wilson , How to Be an Epicurean: The Ancient Art of Living Well

2 " The cry of the flesh: not to be hungry, not to be thirsty, not to be cold. For if someone has these things and is confident of having them in the future, he might contend even with Zeus for happiness. ~ Epicurus "

― Catherine Wilson , How to Be an Epicurean: The Ancient Art of Living Well

3 " The justice of nature is a pledge of reciprocal usefulness ... neither to harm one another nor to be harmed … Justice was not a thing in its own right, but [exists] in mutual dealings in whatever places there [is] a pact about neither harming one another nor being harmed. ~ Epicurus "

― Catherine Wilson , How to Be an Epicurean: The Ancient Art of Living Well

4 " It is impossible to live pleasantly without living prudently, honourably and justly, and impossible to live prudently, honourably and justly without living pleasantly. ~ Epicurus "

― Catherine Wilson , How to Be an Epicurean: The Ancient Art of Living Well

5 " Although there are alternative perceptions, there are no alternative facts. "

― Catherine Wilson , How to Be an Epicurean: The Ancient Art of Living Well