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Epicurus (, EH-pih-KURE-əs; Ancient Greek: Ἐπίκουρος Epikouros; 341–270 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher who founded the philosophical school of Epicureanism, which teaches that management of one's desires, removal of unnecessary fears, friendship, and virtuous living lead to a pleasant life and constant happiness, the highest good.

Quotes from Epicurus

It is not so much our friends' help that helps us, as the confidence of their help.

Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.

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.

It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.

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