To the hungry, bread and water are a feast.
Epicurus, Letter to Menoeceus (Diogenes Laertius 10.131)
To the hungry, bread and water are a feast.
Epicurus, Letter to Menoeceus (Diogenes Laertius 10.131)
The source
"To the hungry, bread and water are a feast." Epicurus said it in Letter to Menoeceus (Diogenes Laertius 10.131). Translated from the original Greek by Spartan Surfers.
"καὶ μᾶζα καὶ ὕδωρ τὴν ἀκροτάτην ἀποδίδωσιν ἡδονήν, ἐπειδὰν ἐνδέων τις αὐτὰ προσενέγκηται."Original Greek, Letter to Menoeceus (Diogenes Laertius 10.131). Greek: Hicks 1925 Loeb text via Perseus.
Who said it
Epicurus (341–270 BC). Taught that a simple life among friends is the good life.
Questions
- Who said "To the hungry, bread and water are a feast."?
- Epicurus (341–270 BC). Source: Letter to Menoeceus (Diogenes Laertius 10.131).
- What is the original Greek?
- καὶ μᾶζα καὶ ὕδωρ τὴν ἀκροτάτην ἀποδίδωσιν ἡδονήν, ἐπειδὰν ἐνδέων τις αὐτὰ προσενέγκηται. Translated from the original Greek by Spartan Surfers.
Filed under Calm.
Wear Epicurus
A calm mind is a citadel.
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 8.48
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Bitter cucumber? Toss it. Thorns on the trail? Step around.
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 8.50
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Everything has two handles. Grab the one you can carry.
Epictetus, Enchiridion 43
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Know yourself.
Delphic maxim, Delphic inscription (Plato, Protagoras 343b)
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- No pleasant life without a wise, honest, fair one.Principal Doctrines 5 (Diogenes Laertius 10)
- Of everything wisdom gives, friendship is the best.Principal Doctrines 27 (Diogenes Laertius 10)
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