All other love is extinguished by self-love; beneficence, humanity, justice, philosophy, sink under it.
EpicurusA strong belief in fate is the worst kind of slavery; on the other hand, there is a comfort in the thought that God will be moved by our prayers.
EpicurusA free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs.
Epicurus