Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily. — Epicurus

Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.

In the original Greek

καὶ διὰ τοῦτο τὴν ἡδονὴν ἀρχὴν καὶ τέλος λέγομεν εἶναι τοῦ μακαρίως ζῆν

Quoted in The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, by Diogenes Laertius · 240
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Provenance
Current citation
Epicurus. Quoted in The Lives of Eminent Philosophers, written by Diogenes Laërtius, translated by Pamela Mensch, edited by James Miller. Oxford University Press, 2018, bk. 10, ch. 1, sect. 128.
Original citation
Epicurus. Quoted in Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, written by Diogenes Laertius. c. 240 AD, bk. 10, ch. 1, sect. 128.