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
I have never wished to cater to the crowd; for what I know they do not approve, and what they approve I do not know. Epicurus
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
You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity. Epicurus
The best people renounce all for one goal, the eternal fame of mortals; but most people stuff themselves like cattle. Heraclitus
I am what libraries and librarians have made me, with little assistance from a professor of Greek and poets. Heraclitus
To God everything is beautiful, good, and just; humans, however, think some things are unjust and others just. Heraclitus
You could not step twice into the same rivers; for other waters are ever flowing on to you. Heraclitus