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The gods can either take away evil from the world and will not, or, being willing to do so cannot; or they neither can nor will, or lastly, they are able and willing. If they have the will to remove evil and cannot, then they are not omnipotent. If they can but will not, then they are not benevolent. If they are neither able nor willing, they are neither omnipotent nor benevolent. Lastly, if they are both able and willing to annihilate evil, why does it exist? Epicurus
Death is nothing to us, because a body that has been dispersed into elements experiences no sensations, and the absence of sensation is nothing to us. Epicurus
So death, the most terrifying of ills, is nothing to us, since so long as we exist, death is not with us; but when death comes, then we do not exist. It does not then concern either the living or the dead, since for the former it is not, and the latter are no more. Epicurus
Death, therefore, the most awful of evils, is nothing to us, seeing that, when we are, death is not come, and when death is come, we are not. Epicurus
Epicurus quote: "Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come,..."
Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not. Epicurus
Epicurus quote: "Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death..."
Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist. Epicurus
Epicurus quote: "The art of living well and the art of dying well are one."
The art of living well and the art of dying well are one. Epicurus
The wise man who has become accustomed to necessities knows better how to share with others than how to take from them, so great a treasure of self-sufficiency has he found. Epicurus
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. Epicurus
Epicurus quote: "Justice... is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed."
Justice... is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed. Epicurus
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. Epicurus
Epicurus quote: "If you wish to make Pythocles rich, do not add to his store of..."
If you wish to make Pythocles rich, do not add to his store of money, but subtract from his desires. Epicurus
I never desired to please the rabble. What pleased them, I did not learn; and what I knew was far removed from their understanding. Epicurus
Haec ego non multis (scribo), sed tibi: satis enim magnum alter alteri theatrum sumus. I am writing this not to many, but to you: certainly we are a great enough audience for each other. Epicurus
Epicurus quote: "Let no one delay the study of philosophy while young nor weary..."
Let no one delay the study of philosophy while young nor weary of it when old. Epicurus

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