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Quote of Epicurus - Of all the things which wisdom...


Biography - Epicurus:

Greek philosopher *Approximate years of birth and death.
Born: -342 - Died: -270
Period:
3rd century BC
4th century BC
Place of birth: Greece
Greece

Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.



Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
De tous les biens dont la sagesse se munit pour que la vie soit tout entière bienheureuse, le plus important et de loin est la possession de l'amitié.

German
Von allem, was die Weisheit für die Glückseligkeit des ganzen Lebens bereitstellt, ist der Gewinn der Freundschaft das bei weitem Wichtigste.




See also 

See also...






Quotes for: wisdom


Quotes

Quotes about wisdom:


Patience is the companion of wisdom.





To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.





All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.





Wisdom leads us back to childhood.





This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.





The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.











Quotes for: happiness


Quotes

Quotes about happiness:


I have decided to be happy because it's good for my health.





Happiness is sometimes hidden in the unknown.





The world of the happy man is a different one from that of the unhappy man.





Happiness is not easily won; it is hard to find it in ourselves and impossible to find it elsewhere.





A happy life, therefore, is one which is in accordance with its own nature.





Nothing is ever finished ; only a little happiness is needed for everything to begin again.











Quotes for: friendship


Quotes

Quotes about friendship:


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





If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I.





Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.





Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.





It is the fool's misfortune to fail in obtaining the position, the employment, the neighbourhood, and the circle of friends that suit him.





The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.











Quotes

Epicurus also said...


Let no one be slow to seek wisdom when he is young nor weary in the search thereof when he is grown old. For no age is too early or too late for the health of the soul.





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





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 then meditate on the things that make our happiness, seeing that when that is with us we have all, but when it is absent we do all to win it.





Pleasure is the beginning and end of the blessed life.





Babies and animals are the mirrors of nature.












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