The art of living well and the art of dying well a... -Epicurus

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

Epicurus , Philosopher
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Epicurus was an ancient Greek philosopher, renowned for his school of thought known as Epicureanism. His philosophy emphasized the pursuit of pleasure, tranquility, and the attainment of a simple and virtuous life.

Epicurus Quotes to Explore

It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls....
If God listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever praying for evil against one another....
There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men....
Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for....
Let no one be slow to seek wisdom when he is young nor weary in the search of it when he has grown old. For no age is too early or too late for the he...
It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself....
It is better for you to be free of fear lying upon a pallet, than to have a golden couch and a rich table and be full of trouble....
Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist....
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...
Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship....

Art Quotes to Explore

I do not know what the spirit of a philosopher could more wish to be than a good dancer. For the dance is his ideal, also his fine art, finally also t...
Art is for everybody....
It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully....
I am a poor man and of little worth, who is laboring in that art that God has given me in order to extend my life as long as possible....
Art? That's a man's name....
Sleeping is no mean art: for its sake one must stay awake all day....
Extreme complication is contrary to art....
Modernity is the transient, the fleeting, the contingent; it is one half of art, the other being the eternal and the immovable....
The mark of all good art is not that the thing done is done exactly or finely, for machinery may do as much, but that it is worked out with the head a...
When I was making my debut as an artist, I felt that it was very important that I try to combine the background of my own culture, my people, and the ...