Epicurus

Every line we've sourced

1. Death is nothing to us.

   "Death is nothing to us; for that which is dissolved is devoid of sensation"

   Principal Doctrines 2 (Diogenes Laertius 10), C. D. Yonge, 1853

2. No pleasant life without a wise, honest, fair one.

   "It is not possible to live pleasantly without living prudently and honorably and justly"

   Principal Doctrines 5 (Diogenes Laertius 10), C. D. Yonge, 1853

3. Of everything wisdom gives, friendship is the best.

   "Of all the things which wisdom provides for the happiness of the whole life, by far the most important is the acquisition of friendship"

   Principal Doctrines 27 (Diogenes Laertius 10), C. D. Yonge, 1853

4. Never too young or too old for philosophy.

   "Let no one delay to study philosophy while he is young, and when he is old let him not become weary of the study"

   Letter to Menoeceus (Diogenes Laertius 10), C. D. Yonge, 1853

5. Bread and water. Send cheese if it's a feast.

   "he is content with water and plain bread, and adds: Send me some Cytherean cheese, that if I wish to have a feast, I may have the means"

   Diogenes Laertius, Lives 10, C. D. Yonge, 1853

6. The just sleep easiest.

   "The just man is the freest of all men from disquietude; but the unjust man is a perpetual prey to it"

   Principal Doctrines 17 (Diogenes Laertius 10), C. D. Yonge, 1853

7. Nature's wealth is small and easy. Empty wants never end.

   "Ὁ τῆς φύσεως πλοῦτος καὶ ὥρισται καὶ εὐπόριστός ἐστιν· ὁ δὲ τῶν κενῶν δοξῶν εἰς ἄπειρον ἐκπίπτει."

   Principal Doctrines 15 (Diogenes Laertius 10.144), our translation from the Greek

8. Luck touches the wise a little. Reason runs the rest.

   "Βραχέα σοφῷ τύχη παρεμπίπτει, τὰ δὲ μέγιστα καὶ κυριώτατα ὁ λογισμὸς διῴκηκε"

   Principal Doctrines 16 (Diogenes Laertius 10.144), our translation from the Greek

9. Those who need luxury least enjoy it most.

   "ἥδιστα πολυτελείας ἀπολαύουσιν οἱ ἥκιστα ταύτης δεόμενοι"

   Letter to Menoeceus (Diogenes Laertius 10.130), our translation from the Greek

10. To the hungry, bread and water are a feast.

    "καὶ μᾶζα καὶ ὕδωρ τὴν ἀκροτάτην ἀποδίδωσιν ἡδονήν, ἐπειδὰν ἐνδέων τις αὐτὰ προσενέγκηται."

    Letter to Menoeceus (Diogenes Laertius 10.131), our translation from the Greek