Necessity is an evil; but there is no necessity for continuing to live subject to necessity.
EpicurusIf the gods have the will to remove evil and cannot, then they are not all-powerful. If they are neither able nor willing, they are neither all-powerful or benevolent. If they are both able and willing to annihilate evil, why does it exist?
EpicurusMen are so thoughtless, nay, so mad, that some, through fear of death, force themselves to die.
EpicurusI never desired to please the rabble. What pleased them, I did not learn; and what I knew was far removed from their understanding.
Epicurus