Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for. -Epicurus

 

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.


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This quote is just one of 17 total Epicurus quotes in our collection. Epicurus is known for saying 'Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.' as well as some of the following quotes.

The man least dependent upon the morrow goes to meet the morrow most cheerfully.

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Not what we have, but what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.

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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
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A strict belief, fate is the worst kind of slavery; on the other hand there is comfort in the thought that God will be moved by our prayers.

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The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.

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Of all the things which wisdom provides to make life entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship. -Epicurus
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Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.

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